HP2648A terminal

[Tony Duell]

> 
> Hi,
> 
> does anyone have a manual for one of these? It says graphics terminal on it,
> is it a vector terminal like the Tektronix units, or some other device?

I think it's a raster-scanned terminal, with a bitmap-like graphics board 
in it. Did HP ever make a vector _terminal_ (as opposed to a vector 
display device, they certainly made those).

A useful site for older large (not handheld) HP machines is 
http://www.hpmuseum.net. The chap who runs it has a lot more manuals 
scanned that he can't host on his site, and he seems to approve of anyone 
who wants to preserve HP machines. He's provided me with information by 
private e-mail in the past.

Worth asking him anyway (his contact details are on the site somewhere).

-tony