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DSE ESR meters for A$12.50 now?

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Bob Parker

Jan 1, 1970
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Only by order via web. Add $9.90 postage, total price is $22.45.
Price in store -- $24.95

I just came back from the store -- they will not sell at $12.50.

Rudolf
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Thanks for finding the 'hidden catch'.

Bob
 
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Phil Allison

Jan 1, 1970
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"Bob Parker"
Phil said:
That is one handy little oscillator! Mine gets used on a regular basis. In
fact it's the only audio oscillator I've got because it does everything I
need.
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** Your on is built into a much nicer case too, isn't it ;-)


BTW

How many Z86 ..... processors have you programmed for the ESR meter now ?




....... Phil
 
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Bob Parker

Jan 1, 1970
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** Your on is built into a much nicer case too, isn't it ;-)
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It sure is. :)

BTW

How many Z86 ..... processors have you programmed for the ESR meter now ?
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About 14,700 according to my records....


Bob
 
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Poxy

Jan 1, 1970
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Bob Parker said:
It sure is. :)

now ?

About 14,700 according to my records....
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Bloody hell. Did you do all those one at a time, or do you have a programmer
"farm"?
 
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Bob Parker

Jan 1, 1970
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Bloody hell. Did you do all those one at a time, or do you have a programmer
"farm"?
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That's spread out from about December 1995 until now. An average of
only about 1,300 per year which is manageable. :)
 
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CLARENCE CLAY

Jan 1, 1970
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Bob, I called DSC to order the 50 ESR meters and they are sold out and will
not get any more. Some of the stores have the esr meters and when they sell
them, that the end of the esr meter.

Clarence
 
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Geoff C

Jan 1, 1970
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Bob, I called DSC to order the 50 ESR meters and they are
sold out and will not get any more. Some of the stores have
the esr meters and when they sell them, that the end of the
esr meter.

Clarence
message
et.au...
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An older guy at DSE where I bought my ESR meter told me that
they were obsoleting all Dick Smith branded kits and only
keeping the Silicon Chip ones ongoing, FWIW.
 
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Bob Parker

Jan 1, 1970
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Geoff wrote: An older guy at DSE where I bought my ESR meter told me that
they were obsoleting all Dick Smith branded kits and only
keeping the Silicon Chip ones ongoing, FWIW.
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Hi Clarence .... been a long time since we were in contact. Nice to
hear from you. :)
Thanks for the info, Geoff.
I'm trying to find out for certain whether or not DSE intends to
ever make any more ESR meter kits. If not (which looks likely), me and
John's Jukes in Canada are going to have to work out a way of going into
production ourselves.
We've been running a 'poll' to see how many people prefer building
an ESR meter from a kit, relative to how many are looking for a
ready-to-go instrument. So far, nearly 85% of people want it to be a
kit! Who said kit construction's a thing of the past? :)
The poll's at http://flippers.com/esrkthnt.html if you wanna have a
look. :)




Bob
 
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Mr.T

Jan 1, 1970
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Bob Parker said:
We've been running a 'poll' to see how many people prefer building
an ESR meter from a kit, relative to how many are looking for a
ready-to-go instrument. So far, nearly 85% of people want it to be a
kit! Who said kit construction's a thing of the past? :)
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Sure that's what they say, but if a fully built (in China) version and kit
were available at the same price (which would be the case if volume was high
enough) then you would soon find the ready made outselling the kit ten to
one, if not 100:1 or more. (just as with *most* electronic items these days)

But yes, people with enough knowledge to use an ESR meter, will happily
build one *IF* they are sufficiently cheaper than the commercially available
versions.

MrT.
 
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Jonno

Jan 1, 1970
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Mr.T said:
Sure that's what they say, but if a fully built (in China) version and kit
were available at the same price (which would be the case if volume was high
enough) then you would soon find the ready made outselling the kit ten to
one, if not 100:1 or more. (just as with *most* electronic items these days)

But yes, people with enough knowledge to use an ESR meter, will happily
build one *IF* they are sufficiently cheaper than the commercially available
versions.

MrT.
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I m pleased to say I brought mine last Xmas and finally getting soem use
out of it. Thanks BOB you were really helpfull with the screen print
which rubbed of.... Jon V
 
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Bob Parker

Jan 1, 1970
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Mr.T wrote: ?????

I m pleased to say I brought mine last Xmas and finally getting soem use
out of it. Thanks BOB you were really helpfull with the screen print
which rubbed of.... Jon V
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No worries ... glad to help out. :)

Cheers
Bob
 
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Jonno

Jan 1, 1970
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Bob said:
No worries ... glad to help out. :)

Cheers
Bob
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If you ever need anyone to build em, give me a call.
Being a pensioner I'd only be glad of the work.
 
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Bob Parker

Jan 1, 1970
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If you ever need anyone to build em, give me a call.
Being a pensioner I'd only be glad of the work.
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Thanks for your offer. I'll keep it in mind while we work out the
direction in which things are going in with the meters....
 
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