I sort of remember reading about that Nikon.
The 7000 seems to work just fine. The af is fast as long as there is enough light, switching to mf, the focus confirmation works in very low light. No stratified menus and the controls are fairly intuitive. The vf is excellent and it handles well. It came with a Sunpak dedicated flash, which I thought was a goner - AA cells so swollen they were stuck. They came out eventually, all the white stuff brushed out, and it appears to work.
I'll have fun with this outfit, I loathed them when they first came out, but 30 plus years later it's pretty neat.