HP 262x terminal help sought

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Wed Oct 29 11:55:04 2003

At 09:13 AM 10/29/03 -0800, Sellam wrote:
>On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Joe wrote:
>
>> A lot of the older HP stuff seems to be prone to it. I've had 9835s and
>> 9845s with the same problem. I have an old TV that has the same problem but
>> other than that I seldom see it. I wonder if the HP stuff is prone to that
>> or if other brand items just never last long enough to develope that
>> problem. FWIW I have HP scopes that date to the late '60s and early '70s
>> but I've never seen it on them.
>
>This does raise an interesting point: why are some CRTs susceptible and
>not others? Poor quality control?

  I doubt it. More likely the type glue/adhasive that they use to bond the
safety glass on with.


 What kind of mold is this anyway? And
>what the hell is it feeding on? Based on what I know makes up a CRT, it
>must be some mutant radioactive strain of mold that is probably not to be
>trifled with.

   Perhaps that's why we haven't seen Steve on the list for awhile! :-/

   Joe
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