HP 262x terminal help sought

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed Oct 29 16:27:59 2003

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Joe wrote:

> At 10:02 PM 10/28/03 -0800, you wrote:
> >On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 18:56, Jay West wrote:
> >> I have a 262x HP terminal, think it's a 2624. It is the "ET head" style. I
> >> got it years ago and stuck it in a corner of the basement, and just got it
> >> out to clean it and get it up and running. It now has lots of white spots
> >> under the glass. Looks like mold to me. Nice perfectly round dots. But the
> >> thing is they are UNDER the glass. Is anyone familiar with this terminal
> >> enough to tell me if it's now dumpster material or can this glass be
> reached
> >> under or taken off somehow?
> >
> >I've never seen it, but I heard about it. Apparently these are famous
> >for it (for some reason). I don't know what the solution is (if there
> >is one).
> >--
> >
> >TTFN - Guy
>
> 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.
>
> Joe

I suspect that it is more a function of who produced the tube. I
have a DEC VR201 that also has the same problem.

                                                - don
Received on Wed Oct 29 2003 - 16:27:59 GMT