My GW Instek GDM-8251A multimeter was just delivered today
This is from that huge blast of equipment from the ITT bankruptcy. If the chip numbers are actually date codes, it looks like it was made no earlier than 2010. And it was only $120! This is one of my newer instruments. Most are 20 or 30 years old.
Cool beans - several of us here have acquired these meters. Seems like a decent DMM on this bench. Check the firmware - if it's not v2.3 you can get the new version from GW Instek tech support, just send them an email and ask for it -
services@goodwill.com.tw
PS - but you will need a GDM-01 USB cal key and a serial cable to perform the firmware update.