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To date we have found that very little information, if any, exists about the Soemtron 8601a Prüfgeräte and certainly no technical information appears to have survived at all, however we have managed to gather a collection of photos shown here. Click any image for a larger version

If you have any further historical information, circuits, drawings, photographs, data or manuals about the Soemtron ETR220, 221, 222 and 224 or their manufacture, test equipment (Prüfgeräte) or you just know more about the Soemtron companies in general then please let us know, contact us.

Original Soemtron factory test equipment

8601a Prüfgerät in ETR220 production testing	Prüfgerät 8601a front	Prüfgerät 8601a rear	Prüfgerät 8601a test cable See damage in the photos below
	The left image is the Soemtron Prüfgerät 8601a as used in the ETR22x series calculator production line

The basic 8601a was used in the factory on the Soemtron EFA 382/3/5 Electronic Billing machines and the ETR22x calculators, with overlay panels to customise the display for each model under test. It's not known if there were custom interface cables. The same equipment was also used for field service engineers, as our machine has a custom leather (?) carry case with several overlay panels. There was also a miniature version of the 8601a called the MINITESTER.

EAA 382...385 overlay panel

EAA 383Z/385Z overlay panel

ETR220 MINITESTER overlay panel

Internal components and general views of the Prüfgerät 8601a chassis.

Power supply	10 channel sensor / lamp driver card	Master oscillator card	Extender card
Click any image for a larger version
General interior view	Dropped down front	Fully open front	Wiring loom

Modern Soemtron website test equipment

soemtron.org - new prüfgerät, click for larger image

Our own Prüfgerät
with supply voltage meters

Eight channel monitor board, click image for a larger version

Eight channel monitor
for miscellaneous signal testing

Extender