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Some old school instruments showing how it's done (HP 3325A and Fluke 8506a)
SilverSolder:
The front panel styling has not aged that well - very 70's! - almost kitch! - if you see what I mean -
This might be what the exterior styling guy's bedroom looked like! :D
Don't tell me engineers aren't vain enough in general for this to matter (if you have ever had chrome wheels on a car, you are vain enough! - oops, I still do! :D ) - on the bright side, the styling is likely a primary reason this meter is as cheap as it is today!
It would definitely be interesting to chat with one of the original designers. They got so many things right (including the modular construction).
joeqsmith:
:-DD :-DD I'm more a bike enthusiast and like the look of polished aluminum, but who wouldn't like a set of foot lockers painted burnt orange? :-DD
Not sure about the meter's being cheap. ebay prices are IMO through the roof. $300 for a dead one. :-DD Out side of my interest in vintage tech, I would have no use for it and would have let this one go to scrap. Then again, if people are actually buying them for this much, more power to the sellers!
SilverSolder:
They have risen in status to "entry level volt-nut meter" which, in fairness, they do deserve. The A/C specs are very hard to beat (not even HP3458A). DC specs are also serious, and the voltage reference zener used in the R2 A/D now has cult status (I bet a lot of the cheap meters were bought just for that!) The downside is that you have to comb your grey beard often to keep this thing in tune (this can be a real problem if you don't have one! :D ).
eBay prices have definitely exploded - when I bought mine they rarely exceeded $100 including shipping. Probably the "EEVblog effect", together with @TiN putting an article on his web site about it (https://xdevs.com/article/f8505a/) has meant an increase in demand.
joeqsmith:
Could very well be that by posting we are increasing the asking price.
I was looking on-line for one of the books I had and found it. It was in very good condition. One problem. It's for the 8085. We had to learn them both. I am not sure now if we even had a book for it. We were using an Altair computer to program on. The real deal. :-DD
I was able to find a few on-line books for it, including the original "Intel 8080 assembly language programming manual" and the "Intel 8080 Microcomputer Systems User's Manual". More than enough to get me up to speed. I am devolving. Time to dust off the slide rule.
SilverSolder:
:-DD
Does that video mark the beginning of the downfall of America? Goodness, people were crazy in the 80's! :D
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