At 11:49 AM 4/19/2004 -0700, you wrote: >Fluke makes decent DMMs and doesn't screw their customers on printer ink. >It seems like a good reason to avoid HP for non-printer items where you have >the option of buying from a non-printer maker. > >I do have an HP inkjet printer, and I refill the ink. The printer is 2 >years old with 5000 pages on it and I'm only on the 3rd original ink >cartridge (they do wear out after about 5 refills). > >Jason The point is moot anyhow, as (HP CEO) Carly Fiorina spun off the test instruments division as "Agilent" some time ago. So, Hewlett-Packard doesn't make DMMs or oscilloscopes any more. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body