One of the top things gobbled up during the multiple tech failure times (like the first one in ~2001-ish and ~2008 etc... Was the liqudating of assets from fai

One of the top things gobbled up during the multiple tech failure times (like the first one in ~2001-ish and ~2008 etc... Was the liqudating of assets from failed companies, and microscopes were abound, and were grabbed up super fast in the asset auctions. I never needed one, but I always regretted not buying one - ~$5,000 scope for $50... That and every Oscilloscope were always bought up fast as heck.