HP 1996 Annual Catalog

[J-F Garnier]

Beside the full Test & Measurement Catalogs, there were smaller catalogs called "HP Basic Instruments Catalog" in the '90s.
There were no calculators inside them (the closest somehow related item was the Logic Dart that was using the same LCD as the Series 48).

However, there is a curiosity in the 1997/98 Basic Instruments catalog.
A calculator was used to illustrate a typical test bench with HP oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies etc, and guess which model was used?

A 48GX ? A 32SII ?   NO, a HP-41C , in 1997 !


(click here to download a full image of the French pages).

Even on the original document and with a magnifier glass, I can't be sure of the exact model but I suspect a basic 41C.

Of course, no more HP-IL, and not yet USB. It was still the time of HP-IB and RS232 in instrumentation.

J-F