Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/25

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Subject: Re: Leica-Users List Digest V1 #307
From: Stanley E Yoder <syoder+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 14:11:33 -0500 (EST)

Excerpts from mail: 25-Dec-96 Leica-Users List Digest V1 .. by
Listmgr@mejac.palo-alto. 
> The meters with the "ring resistor" such as the DP-1 have the high failure
> rate; the DP-3 and DP-12 are very reliable.  They may not be repairable, but
> nothing ever happens to them.
> 
I had heard this before (that the DP-3/-12 don't have the dread rr).
What then does the DP-3 post or DP-12 AI tab move inside the finder, if
not a contact finger on the rr?

FYI, I have a mint DP-1 and a user DP-3, both in fine health. Today.

Stan Yoder
Pittsburgh