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Before the advent of digital data collection technology, recording traces off an oscilloscope involved physically taking photographs of the oscilloscope screen. Consequently, many instrument manufacturers including Hewlett-Packard produced a variety of specialized cameras specifically for this purpose.

History of Polaroid Series:

Part 1: youtu.be/AVZA-4saKt0
Part 2: youtu.be/rCcJIVoqYbg
Part 3: youtu.be/f6LaqckayBo

0:00 Introduction
1:39 1960s Oscilloscope Camera Models - Overview
2:22 Model 195A (1960)
6:50 Model 196A (1961)
7:42 Model 197A (1965)
8:54 Model 198A (1969) - External Overview
10:54 Model 198A - Controls
12:37 Model 198A - Internal Components
15:33 Outro

SOURCES:

hparchive.com/Catalogs/HP_New_Electronics_for_Measurement_Analysis_Computation_Autum_1969.pdf

hpmemoryproject.org/an/pdf/sf_1200.pdf

hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/histnfacts/museum/imagingprinting/0012

xdevs.com/doc/HP/pub/HP-Catalog-1972.pdf

hparchive.com/Manuals/HP-196A-Manual.pdf

keysight.com/ca/en/assets/9018-02820/user-manuals/9018-02820.pdf?success=true

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=dadb62209acfce5287fa677b646c8f6641c4664e