[Techtoolslist] Fluke 900 kit on eBay

Tony Jones tony at tonyjones.com
Fri Jul 26 12:05:24 EDT 2019


Wow.$1313. I'm guessing that wasn't you Jess :-)

On Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 12:41 PM Jess Askey <jess at askey.org> wrote:

> I have used mine pretty extensively and you have to ensure that that
> hardware is not early otherwise they are pretty limited in functionality.
> Even with the newest hardware version, I have never actually gotten mine to
> identify a fault properly because the process of getting a valid
> 'performance envelope' on the working IC is challenging and loose.
>
> With that however, I will still bid on it as I am still borrowing one to
> test with. So I don't even own one.
>
> I started writing updated windows software (in place of the super clunky
> DOS stuff from 1993) for it but until I can prove that the Fluke 900
> actually works for arcade PCB era stuff, I'm not going to spend any more
> time on the software dev.
>
> My .02
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>
> Hopefully someone in the USA will buy it, by the time you add shipping to
> the UK and customs charges it’s instantly far too much!!!
>
> > On 20 Jul 2019, at 5:31 pm, John Robertson <jrr at flippers.com> wrote:
> >
> > Not mine, and if I had more free time I'd probably buy it!
> >
> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/233291515008
> >
> > Looks like it has stuff worth archiving! I do have a pair off 900s
> already, one of which worked the last time I tried it.
> >
> > John :-#)#
> >
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