@mightyohm '34401 is one of the last great repairable meters.
There's a schematic in the manual. Art of Electronics has a long theory of operation description, because the design is exemplary.
Those VFDs get dimmer over time though.
@JaySommeil @MisterKenny@NateSilver538 In season 2, episode 8 of The Newsroom, "Jim accidentally calls a race too early and spends the night watching it, hoping he will end up being correct."
I wonder how close that plotline was to actual events.
@Chris_Gammell It is the product of the two.
Imagine intelligence with no determination. Or determination with no intelligence. Both are ineffective, just two forms of wishing.