Hi.
Recently I purchased an old HP 7510A "film recorder".
This interesting device creates a color image on a film camera, using HPGL commands.
The image is displayed on a monochrome CRT tube which is reflected on a mirror. The reflected image goes trhrough a set of four motor-driven color filters to reach the SLR 35mm camera.
The camera itself is a Contax 139 MD Quartz (it is labeled "HP Camera" but it is actually a Contax; it lacks some buttons present on the original Contax camera; the camera winder and trigger are controlled by the 7510A itself).
What I am asking myself is whether the CRT monitor on the inside could be a *vector* monitor, instead of raster.
I have not tried it yet, but have found some slide picture demos that look absolutly sharp, without any sign of raster lines.
Could anyone confirm this CRT is a vector one ?
Here is a link on HP Computer Museum: http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=502
inakito.
Recently I purchased an old HP 7510A "film recorder".
This interesting device creates a color image on a film camera, using HPGL commands.
The image is displayed on a monochrome CRT tube which is reflected on a mirror. The reflected image goes trhrough a set of four motor-driven color filters to reach the SLR 35mm camera.
The camera itself is a Contax 139 MD Quartz (it is labeled "HP Camera" but it is actually a Contax; it lacks some buttons present on the original Contax camera; the camera winder and trigger are controlled by the 7510A itself).
What I am asking myself is whether the CRT monitor on the inside could be a *vector* monitor, instead of raster.
I have not tried it yet, but have found some slide picture demos that look absolutly sharp, without any sign of raster lines.
Could anyone confirm this CRT is a vector one ?
Here is a link on HP Computer Museum: http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=502
inakito.