Thank you for the feedback bitingduck!

Unfortunately I haven't been a "student" for about 40 years!. I am considering asking Digilent for a freebe or student rate in exchange for posting whatever GUI front end I come up with on Linux/Perl/wxPerl. I think $279 is too much to pay for a device I can't use out of the box.

The Rigol at $329 looks pretty good for a stand alone O-Scope and an additional consideration is it wouldn't require my laptop to be connected for general use. But, the Analog Discovery device would make a fun project!

James