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  1. Dec 15, 2020, 08:27 PM #1
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    Taking screenshots in the 1980s - photo

    Taking screenshots in the 1980s.




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    Reminds me of this classic:


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    Then they always complained about the staple holes when I attached it to a mail
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    We used hoods and Polaroid cameras to snap oscilloscope traces back in the day. I still have a couple of them for the Tektronix scopes. We all got spoiled with new fangled Digital Storage Scopes... but I still trust the solid-state analog scopes!
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    In this Applied Science Youtube video he describes using this adapter to take high resolution photos from his (very old) electron microscope. (1:14 into the video)
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    Then they always complained about the staple holes when I attached it to a mail
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