Barrie Gilbert RIP

[ppppenguin]

These days when on-screen readout is an inherent part of digital scopes it's hard to imagine the days when you had to read all the information off the knobs and graticule. My main scope is a 2465B which, like all the Tek 2400 series, has on-screen readout. Yes there are artefacts because the time taken for drawing the readout is "stolen" from the main display but it's well worth it. Very occasionally I turn off the readout to get a better view if the artefacts are bad.

Anyone can do an on-screen readout with cheap processing power and programmable logic. It took the genius of Gilbert to even dream to do it with standard parts.