Jodok Schaeffler ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: I should replace an old terminal emulation running under
: DOS. The reason is, we want to upgrade to Windows NT.
 
: The old terminal emulation is a Reflection 7 from WRQ, emulating
: a HP 2627A or HP 2623A graphics terminal.
 
: From WRQ I got the message, there is no terminal emulation
: available for these terminals, which runs under WIndows NT.
 
: Is there another company offering terminal emulations for these
: HP graphics terminals? What are these terminals, anyway?
: Is there a compatibility to another terminal class?
 
The HP 2623A was a monochrome graphics terminal.  It was replaced
by the HP 2393A, which has also been discontinued.
The HP 2627A was a color graphics terminal.  It was replaced
by the HP 2397A, which is also discontinued.  The market for
graphics terminals dried up as the price of workstations decreased.
 
If your application uses the graphics capabilities of the
terminal emulator, I would recommend upgrading the application
to use the graphics capabilities of the workstation/PC.
 
If your application does not use graphics, you should be able
to use an emulator of a HP text terminal (2622, 2624, 2626,
2392, 2394, 700/92, 700/94, and probably others).
 
: Are these terminal supported by HP at all?
: How old is this terminal type?
 
I used a 2623 in 1983.  I'm guessing that the 2393 and 2397 were
first available in ~1986-1987 and were discontinued in ~1991.
 
Brian Barton
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