Re: I need a new/used lab computer
Just as another data point, I do know for a fact that a PCIe to PCI bridge, NI PCI GPIB card, and Windows 10 64 bit will work.? I have yet to run any program that won't work with it, but I am sure
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Matt Harris
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Re: Shipping overseas?
I've heard of such practices, but not suffered them. Are they still doing
that?
I do advise purchasers to take photos of unopened packages, and for large
packages I keep photos of how I packed them.
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Tom Gardner
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Re: Shipping overseas?
The biggest problem we have had with Ebay's GSP is they
will sometimes take apart large double boxed shipments,
and then ship them over the pond in their inner box without
any padding. You know the
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Chuck Harris
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3457A calibration data dump / restore
Hello,
I have a very nice 3457A which has a 40-year old battery. New batteries are quite inexpensive and easy to find, but I'm quite scared at the prospect of replacing the battery without first
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Joel Setton
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Re: I need a new/used lab computer
Re:-
Do you have anyone in your environment with a not too old laptop? Get it for a box of cigars, install an SSD and Linux Mint. You're back in business!
There is nothing wrong with using Linux
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Dave_G0WBX
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Re: I need a new/used lab computer
I haven’t tried to do anything useful yet, but I did succeed in getting a raspberry pi 5 to see an NI PCI-GPIB card hoping so a compact HPdrive system with the advantage of being able to ssh to it
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Ed Marciniak
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Re: I need a new/used lab computer
About PCI(e) passthrough - I tried to breathe some new life into an old PCI
NI AWG card that supposedly only works with Windows XP. The card works
flawlessly on a native XP install on the same machine
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Gabor Szucs
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Re: I need a new/used lab computer
That’s not absolutely true. One can use a thunderbolt equipped laptop with an external PCIe cage and a PCIe to PCI adapter or a PCIe 488 card.
It is even possible to use a virtual machine with an
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Ed Marciniak
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Re: I need a new/used lab computer
Looks like he needs a PCI slot for gpib card. Would have to go to USB to GPIB if he went w a laptop.
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bownes
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Re: I need a new/used lab computer
Jim-
let me check as I have a tower doing nothing...hss not been used for long time, will know when I get to the shop over the weekend.
shop is? in no. SF bay area
Renée
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Renée
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Re: I need a new/used lab computer
Jim,
Do you have anyone in your environment with a not too old laptop? Get it for a box of cigars, install an SSD and Linux Mint. You're back in business!
Best 73 de Harke
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Harke Smits
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I need a new/used lab computer
My garage lab computer went kaput recently, and I need to get another one to control my instruments via GPIB and USB. I had a tower running Windows 7, although it was originally my wife’s computer
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Jim Ford
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HP 8568B Instr Check Light?
Looking to purchase one.? It shows no display on the screen which I can deal with, but I can't seem to find in the manual anything about the bottom Instr Check lights.? The left one stays on.? Any
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Polaraligned
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Re: Shipping overseas?
It has been a while since I’ve had to use it, but when using PayPal shipping (USPS), have done electronic customs declarations and electronic invoice where I put in the quantity, description,
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Ed Marciniak
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Re: Shipping overseas?
I received from Digikey five or six parcels during the last weeks without any problems. Each always over 150 Euros.
I sent a small letter three weeks ago to the US with DeutschePost containing 2
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Ralf Rosche
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SMD S461, L266 on DC-DC converter - HP 02463-80901 ; what are these devices for?
HP 4263B LCR meter.
It worked wonderfully for the past few years until last month when a total blank of display at turned on.
Later on it had been turned on once again with correct measurements but
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Yeun-Jung Wu
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Re: Shipping overseas?
[email protected]> wrote:
I see no reason to believe it is significantly different in other
countries. In particular those UK pages note
Commodity code in other countries
Although many
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Tom Gardner
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Re: E5052A Power On Test (3.3V Bus Supply)
Hi Jeremy,
Nice noise floor. You are still at 20dB/decade at 10Hz slope so playing with sustaining amplifier and reducing Fk might improve things a lot.
I will email you, perhaps it's getting a bit
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Leo Bodnar
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Re: Shipping overseas?
That sounds quite bothersome! I'm under the impression that a lot of the
documentation/declaration requirements depend on the carrier and service
you're using and generally, more established shipping
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Gabor Szucs
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Re: Shipping overseas?
Some observations from the UK. TL;DR: fleabay's GSP is wonderful, much
better for me than my shipping my sales directly.
When I've bought something direct from the orient, e.g. a BusPirate5
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Tom Gardner
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