http://easyurl.net/Tektronix2000

On Tue, 27 May 2008 12:56:14 -0700 (PDT) LW wrote in
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http://easyurBLAP

Along with a healthy dose of Ebay spam.

Go away.

On Tue, 27 May 2008 12:56:14 -0700 (PDT), LW wrote:

http://sleasyurl.net/TektXXXX000

Never, ever click on a hidden/obfuscated URL on Usenet. You will get a
trojan or a virus most of the time. There is no reason to post
hidden/snipped/obfuscated URLs on Usenet except to hid trojans or for
spam, neither are acceptable.

LW tabgen@ live.com wrote
[Obfuscated link to]
http://reviews.ebay.com/A-Guide-to-T...00000001406477

JW wrote:
Along with a healthy dose of Ebay spam.

(Google Groups has managed to completely **** up
their once-very-useful search engine)--but anyway:
http://groups.google.com/groups/sear...rk &scoring=d

As this author has multi-posted this to hell and back
and as I've seen several folks that have given it a thumbs-up,
I looked at the page
and it's less spammy than your hand wringing would indicate
(or maybe I've just got my script-blockers/AdBlock really well tweaked
out).

The page might be useful for somebody shopping for a scope.
For several reasons, this IS riding a fine edge of spaminess.
I agree that
this poster's use of obfuscated (redirected) URLs is unnecessary
and as that is a technique generally used by shady types,
it should be avoided.

To the OP:
If you think some "newsreaders" *cough*Microsoft*cough*
will break your long link, then including
a SECOND (short) version of the link AFTER THE **ACTUAL** LINK
is a considerate practice--but is NOT a substitute for the real URL.

On Tue, 27 May 2008 12:56:14 -0700 (PDT), LW put
finger to keyboard and composed:

http://easyurl.net/Tektronix2000

After a quick Google search ...
http://www.google.com/search?num=25&...&btnG=Se arch

.... I got these:

TDS1000 and TDS2000 Series User Manual Specifications Update:
http://whites.sdsmt.edu/classes/ee32...supplement.pdf

TDS1000- and TDS2000-Series Digital Storage Oscilloscopes Service
Manual:
http://www.physics.fsu.edu/users/Wah...sc/TDS2012.pdf

TDS1000 and TDS2000 Series Digital Storage Oscilloscope User Manual:
http://www.tnw.utwente.nl/onderwijs_...ser_manual.pdf

TDS1000 & TDS2000 Series Oscilloscopes Operator Training Kit Manual:
http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/ece212/...aining_kit.pdf

TDS200-, TDS1000-, and TDS2000-Series Digital Oscilloscope Programmer
Manual:
http://www.ee.bilkent.edu.tr/~ee411/...20Man ual.pdf

Datasheet:
http://www.alliedelec.com/Images/Pro...nt_7001012.pdf

- Franc Zabkar
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