Thanks for the info. I might give one another try. I can see where the Ethernet version would be the better than the USB unit.
When they came out, I picked up a bunch to give out for X-mas presents. I suspect they were used just for making long distance calls.
Let me ping around a little first. The current 'scope and firmware is working okay other than the annoying auto-level but there must have been
*some* additional purpose in the updates, so it's worth rooting around a bit more.
It only takes a few calls to use upi the $60 first year cost for the M-J-Plus. :)
My reason for buying it is that if I'm going to be somewhere all day, or for a few days I can take my local number with me. They would have been great when I was building broadcast stations in other cities. I could have still got all my business calls, and called all over the country to find parts.
It shouldn't matter.
Meh. They're all but unnecessary - Skype and things like Yahoo Voice work a treat. I say that - I always have a mic and speakers connected to my PC, so the whole "use a handset" thing doesn't enter into my calculations.
My eldest worked for a highly international foundation, and got them on Skype, saving a bunche of money.
I still have a land line for the business... but I find the cord just doesn't reach as far as I want and gets tangled in the steering wheel. Using it does get me around the hands-free cell phone law in Maryland... lol
Rick
Really? The USB version transmits or receives, no duplex operation. It's latency is about a half second longer that the Ethernet version.
Let's see you use Skype or Yahoo Voice without a computer powered up and the software installed. All I need is a corded or cordless phone to answer or make calls. The other party doesn't need a computer or a Magic Jack. It connects to any landline or cell phone in the US.
You'll use a hell of a lot more than $20 a year in electricity if you have to leave the computer on just to make & receive calls. Also, Magic Jack can be registered with 911. Your half assed, free VOIP services can't.
Good for you. Only an idiot talks & drives at the same time. Even 'Jethro' discovered that wired phones make piss poor mobile phones.
A *HALF a *SECOND*???? Holy cow. I had no idea. Okay, that's not verging on unusable, that is unusable. At that latency you have to say "over" when you are done talking.
Well, yeah.
So does Yahoo Voice if you pay to get it routed through a gateway in New Mexico.
That's what the cell phone is for....
Do you get that service for $20 a year?
No... I get it because She Who Must be Obeyed told me to take the ruddy thing :)
How about when the cell site is overloaded, or out of reliable range?
Then it fails. We now have VoIP built into the cable modem; yahoo voice was relevant when I was working remote contract and we'd need a line for longer calls. We might coordinate a landline call over the cel phone, though.
I am very glad that MagicJack works well for you. It's a great service and I have no idea how they do it at that price.
OK, you made me look. The only memory option on the 694C was 1M which is
120K points. There was no option 2M for any 6XX scope, and option 1M was only offered on the 694C.
Right y'are, gov. Option 2M is on the TDS 5xxD and 7xxD (8M samples).
Being pretty much an analogue guy, 120k points per channel is way more than I usually need.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
Garbage error messages is a long standing problem, but it has become very pervasive of late.
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