[rescue] Re: HP 1640a serial data analyzer

[Gavin Hubbard]

>> Hi Lads
>>
>> I've got a chance next week to pick up an HP 1640a serial data analyer.
>>
>> I've been googling like mad, but I haven't ben able to pick up a single
>> piece of information about its specifications or capabilities.
>>
>> I'm guessing that this equipment must be either unpopular, or old, or both.
>> Does anyone have any information about it?
>
>When are you likely to pick it up?
>
>I can probably find blurb on that.
>
>-- 
>Steven Hill
>

Thanks Steven. I'd definitely be interested in anything you can turn up. It
is part of an ex-university rescue consignment I'll be picking it up on
Tuesday (I may also be getting an Axil 320 and an AS2000).

Altavista threw up the following reference for the 1640a:

http://www.shafrir.com/portfolio/websites/advisor/content/history.html

The suggestion that it was released in 1978 doesn't fill me with a lot of
hope, but serial protocols are pretty simple and HP test gear is (was) well
known for its quality. So fingers crossed.

Regards,

Gavin