Old Dick Smith Multimeter?

[numloxx]

Hi all,

Since I bought the EEVBLOG BM235 DMM, I thought I would get rid of some of my older DMM's that I don't use anymore, and I found one that I believe it from Dick Smith.
Product code is Q1051 and there is what I think is a date code 02/99.

Planning to send it in to Dave later on.

[tautech]

Planning to send it in to Dave later on.

And into the bin it will go. 

[numloxx]

Ah good point. No worries. I'll wait until I have some other more interesting gear to send him. Thank you

[crispy_tofu]

Looks like one of those DT-830 multimeters, honestly quite meh... 

[Fungus]

Looks like one of those DT-830 multimeters, honestly quite meh... 

I was going to say the same, did Uni-T clone the 830?

They're quite different on the inside though.

[001]

Ohho!

It looks MORE ROBUST then noname 830 meters!

DIP components and MOV for input protection and additional voltage reference  is not common for cheap DMMs
Compare it with nowday noname https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/dt-838-digital-multimeter-just-curious/

Looks like good  piece of nostalgy of 90th )))))))

[jeroen79]

Looks like one of those DT-830 multimeters, honestly quite meh... 

I was going to say the same, did Uni-T clone the 830?

They're quite different on the inside though.

Or the DT-830 meters are a clone of this one.

I wonder how much different it is.
I can see the same overall structure but with more through-hole stuff and the ICL7106 chip-under-a-blob on a separate PCB.

If you look around a bit on the internet you can sorta see the evolution of this meter from cheap to cheaper.
For example:
https://hartgeloetet.blogspot.com/2014/09/messgerat-dt-830b-mal-3.html

DT-830 reviews tend to rather negative but I would be interested in an overview of it's history and lineage.