Recent finds at the surplus shop II

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Wed Jan 30 11:10:59 2002

On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:

> Also at the surplus shop was an HP 7221C tabletop plotter for $10.
> Having seen a *huge* plotter in action in person in my youth when
> touring Burford Corp. (the small company in my old hometown that makes
> the machines that make bread ties), I've always thought a plotter
> would be cool to play with. Is this unit worth it? It looks
> on-topic, but I'm not finding much about it by googling.

Well, if you got the pen carousel with it, you got a very good deal. I've
had a hard time in the past finding the various carousels for HP plotters
(well, at sane prices anyway). I've got a pair of similar 8 pen plotters
packed away. These were quite fun to watch when running. IIRC these
plotters need a special serial cable, I imagine someone here has the info
on it.

-Toth
Received on Wed Jan 30 2002 - 11:10:59 GMT