I thought you won one of the 180 series SA mainframes, in the last PP auction, it should work in the SA mainframe, just some of the later ones haven't got the scope cal outputs, as they were made long after the scope modules became obsolete.
I'm I the only one on here with some 180 scopes in my collection?
David
I have a 181 here.
Lab Cat looking none too pleased with the poor probe compensation:
-Pat
A quick warning note for anyone with a HP 181T, 181A oscilloscope mainframe or spectrum analyzer display section (or older 141T,141S,141A), beware there is no protection for the storage CRT with excessive intensity, particularly in normal mode, where you can't see the trace bloom with high intensity setting, the storage mesh is often damaged on these from previous owners not RTFM, or clueless sellers that just turn every control to max until a trace appears.
Warning from 141T manual, need to add the 181 warning (aka, use Write & avoid Norm for setting intensity).
Another warning, when buying unknown condition 180/181 series mainframes, check the PSU is working correctly, before trying with known good plug-ins, as there was a mention of damage to the plug-ins from a faulty PSU.
Some of mine.....
181T from PP auction with 1804A & 1825A.
Early UK built 180A(R) rack mount version, the plug-ins didn't come with it.
The junk lot from the last PP auction, most mainframes repaired, or issues diagnosed.
Late 180TR SA display with interface for storage normalizer, not the best choice for scope use.
The very corroded 181TR, apparently had VLE (very low emission?) CRT, seems OK to me once PSU fault diagnosed, but is stuck in storage mode & erase is currently none functional.
The (again quite corroded) 182A oscilloscope frame & 182T SA frame, 182T had many disconnected wires and completely open focus pot (replaced with a pair of 2.2M resistors for testing). The 182A CRT has external graticule illumination lamps, 182T has a longer CRT with internal flood gun illumination, uses higher HT too.
David