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Yes, apparently it was made in China, but I've had this thing for at least 15 years, and it still works just fine ๐Ÿ‘

And yes I do still have the test leads LOL!

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[โ€“] Willy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I still have and use my digital one from ~1994! it has a pc serial interface with special software, on a 3.5 inch floppy. I'd share a pic but I'm not at home.

[โ€“] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 week ago

I've got the updated version from 98-2000 that got a USB upgrade.

https://files.catbox.moe/cmtyxw.jpg

You can see it's had a rough life but it still gets used nearly daily in a repair shop.

[โ€“] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cool!

If you haven't done so already, you should make a backup of the software, both as a full disk image and also the extracted files put in a zip file or something.

[โ€“] Willy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

if I ever see a floppy drive again I will :)

[โ€“] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Haha, I hear ya there. Thankfully my old IBM USB floppy drive still works ๐Ÿ‘