The HP 8643A sig gen arrived today. Shockingly, it was wrapped in about 1.5 layers of large bubble wrap than stuffed in a box that was about an an inch and a half larger than the wrapped instrument, and 'cushioned' with about 1 layer of peanuts. Fortunately they put a double layer of bubble wrap on the faceplate, so it appears to be undamaged, but two of the rear feet were torn off (like in the threaded bosses they're screwed into broke).
I have the broken bit of the casting for one of them (it stayed with the screw), but am going to have to try poking around in the crushed peanut detritus tomorrow to see if I can find the other one.
It doesn't boot completely - gets stuck in the 'calibration' routine, and after taking the cover off and firing it up, I find that the 24V DC supply is dropping out. A CLIP scan from Artek is on order to troubleshoot it; should have that tomorrow. May get some pics tomorrow, though there's currently no space on the bench for it.
-Pat