From: curd@notformail.com   
      
   On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 07:14:28 -0400, default wrote:   
      
   > Another thing about old test equipment is that it has knobs to play   
   > with.  There's nothing more frustrating to me than test gear that has a   
   > few buttons to control all the functions.   It seems to make minor   
   > adjustments I have to take my focus off the equipment I'm working on and   
   > step through some ill-conceived menu on a screen that's only readable   
   > from a narrow angle.   
      
   Exactly! Trying to navigate around some convoluted menu tree that some   
   autistic code-writer assumed would be self explanatory to the user is   
   good enough reason alone to stick with vintage test gear IMO.   
      
      
      
      
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