i love the hp 6525A that we have at work

it's such a... Thing

weird box with dials on it on the bench with a couple wires sticking out

ridiculously heavy

makes a continuous ticking noise when plugged in (if the dials are set to anything other than 0000)

still works perfectly (if a bit out of calibration) when it's about 60 years old

they don't make things like that anymore
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electronics test equipment from before around the 60s or 70s is always so much more reliable than modern stuff
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