Digital Micrometer Recommendations?

[Ron Nossaman]

> I like my Mitutoyo calipers with data output.  It's worth paying a little
> more to be able to hook the measuring devise to my laptop via USB, to dump
> the measurement values into a spreadsheet.  It's one less opportunity for
> errors transcribing handwritten measurements into my laptop.
> 
> Frank Emerson


My $15 Harbor Freight digital caliper has the data port, but I 
haven't tried it. I don't recognize the connector type, and 
there's no documentation. Just as well not be there then, 
practically speaking.

Ron N