Tektronix 4207 terminal?

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Thu Aug 28 23:20:00 2003

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Joe wrote:

> Is anyone familar with this terminal? I have one and I've been using it
> for years. I never had a manual for it and it took a while to figure out
> how to use it but I did and I thought I understood it. UNTIL today! Today I
> turned it off to disconnect a cable, when I turned it back on it said
> Factory Cycle Test and started doing all kinds of self tests and video
> tests. It endlessly repeats the tests and I can't find a way to stop it! I

Maybe the self-test switch is dirty or bad? Perhaps something is going on
inside electrically that is abnormal and the terminal has self-diagnosing
circuits to know this and it's defaulting into the self-test?

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