[Techtoolslist] realtime clock on Fluke 9100A/9100FT

[Dave Riddle]

I am having pretty good luck out of the Chinese Reproduction chips so far. 
I do wish that they would put their own unique logo and real date code on 
them, though.  Some chips that dried up completely for two decades are now 
available again.  Wouldn't it be cool if we could get any or all of the 
silicon we loved to design with over the years, again?  I believe there is a 
genuine market for them, and it may exceed the original production's market 
share.

Let's face it. Wafer fabrication, process and production technology has 
improved over the last four decades.  With production care, the 
reproductions could even be better (more reliable) than the legacy parts we 
once knew.  And it's really not rocket science.

Dave Riddle

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> Anyhow, I purchased two 1287s from eBay (china).  I was a bit worried
> about a fake as it's an obsolete chip but they both worked fine.
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