DON CRAMER

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I've noticed so far three 436A power meters on ebay with light blue front faces, though everything else about the instrument seems to be in normal HP colors.? I've seen a couple times a Fluke 8060A (or was it a 8062A?) in a light blue plastic case (although again, other bits like the Lexan front label are normal colors) and it was associated with IBM.? Was the 'blue' 436A a custom configuration for IBM also?? Why would IBM go to such lengths?? A deterrent of some kind?

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[Quite frankly, the 'blue gear' is rather ugly to me as nothing else about the instrument's appearance is changed to be compatible with the color.? I've got to believe that Fluke's and HP's industrial designers had fits over the idea.]

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Anyway, I'd love to hear the story....

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Don

Beaverton, OR

John Miles

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Hmm.? Yeah, that's pretty ugly (I just looked).? My 436A is the standard HP color.? Interesting stuff; I didn't know they made anything like that.

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-- john KE5FX

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-----Original Message-----
From: DON CRAMER [mailto:donlcramer@...]
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 10:10 PM
To: hp_agilent_equipment@...
Subject: [hp_agilent_equipment] Blue face HP 436A?

I've noticed so far three 436A power meters on ebay with light blue front faces, though everything else about the instrument seems to be in normal HP colors.? I've seen a couple times a Fluke 8060A (or was it a 8062A?) in a light blue plastic case (although again, other bits like the Lexan front label are normal colors) and it was associated with IBM.? Was the 'blue' 436A a custom configuration for IBM also?? Why would IBM go to such lengths?? A deterrent of some kind?

?

[Quite frankly, the 'blue gear' is rather ugly to me as nothing else about the instrument's appearance is changed to be compatible with the color.? I've got to believe that Fluke's and HP's industrial designers had fits over the idea.]

?

Anyway, I'd love to hear the story....

?

Don

Beaverton, OR

Dan Tulloss

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I have the blue face HP 8510B System.? I was told it was configured that way for theft reasons.

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Dan

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-----Original Message-----
From: John Miles [mailto:jmiles@...]
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 10:19 PM
To: hp_agilent_equipment@...
Subject: RE: [hp_agilent_equipment] Blue face HP 436A?

Hmm.? Yeah, that's pretty ugly (I just looked).? My 436A is the standard HP color.? Interesting stuff; I didn't know they made anything like that.

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-- john KE5FX

-----Original Message-----
From: DON CRAMER [mailto:donlcramer@...]
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 10:10 PM
To: hp_agilent_equipment@...
Subject: [hp_agilent_equipment] Blue face HP 436A?

I've noticed so far three 436A power meters on ebay with light blue front faces, though everything else about the instrument seems to be in normal HP colors.? I've seen a couple times a Fluke 8060A (or was it a 8062A?) in a light blue plastic case (although again, other bits like the Lexan front label are normal colors) and it was associated with IBM.? Was the 'blue' 436A a custom configuration for IBM also?? Why would IBM go to such lengths?? A deterrent of some kind?

?

[Quite frankly, the 'blue gear' is rather ugly to me as nothing else about the instrument's appearance is changed to be compatible with the color.? I've got to believe that Fluke's and HP's industrial designers had fits over the idea.]

?

Anyway, I'd love to hear the story....

?

Don

Beaverton, OR