Navtel 9460 Protocol Analyzer info?

[Scott Stevens]

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:30:07 -0700 (PDT)
Vintage Computer Festival <vcf at siconic.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Jay West wrote:
> 
> > Sellam wrote....
> > > I used a PC-based software scope that worked fairly well.  And
> > > yes, it was a definite must-have for any serious serial-based
> > > development work.
> >
> > Yup, and I still have it too. It was called "BreakOut II", and did
> > come with a Y cable. You can't just solder up a Y cable, as I recall
> > some diodes were required. I'm sure I still have the cable here
> > somewhere too.
> >
> > However, the PC software just isn't as cool as a real datascope :)
> > Not to mention, even though BreakOut II was the big commercial
> > product at the time I bought it, it surely doesn't come close to the
> > nicety of the real datascope either.
> 
> Mine was different.  It was actually made by the company that wrote
> the C serial library I used in my telecom system.  It was called
> something generic like "Serial Data Analyzer".  I'm not sure if I
> ended up with the cable.
> 
> At any rate, I ended up with a very nice datacomm analyzer made by
> GenRad(?) I think.  I'll check when I get home.  I had it out for sale
> at a local ham fest last month but then realized how cool it was and
> jacked up the price to some ridiculous level so that I'd either get an
> unnatural buttload of cash for it or would get to take it home.  I'm
> glad I got to take it home :)
> 

Just be glad that one of us who worships General Radio ('GenRad'-
pish!!) gear and who is 'in the money' didn't happen along.

Rumor has it that General Radio MIGHT have ONCE made a piece of gear
somewhere that wasn't cool.