--- Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> > So now I have an E-sized pen plotter. It has serial and HPIB
> > interfaces...
>
> Nice find! I nearly bought a similar plotter once myself, but just
> couldn't quite convince myself I wanted to pay $50 for one.
It started out at $100 (in September) but didn't move. Today, they
offered it to me for $50, then after I kept fiddling with it and
couldn't get it to work (some goob misloaded the pens in the carousel
and it couldn't spin properly), they said $25. Wanted one for a while
to plot schematics from OrCAD in any case.
> Since you are already familiar with the smaller plotters, you already
> know HP used a nonstandard pinout on the serial connector on most of
> their plotters. I'd expect the 7596A to be the same way.
That is one of the few things left on the HP website about plotters...
how to wire a serial connector.
> HP may still have the manuals on their site somewhere, but finding them
> probably won't be easy. The 7596A is also know as the Draftmaster II.
I have been unable to locate them after 2 hours of searching. :-(
Thanks for the serial tip,
-ethan
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Received on Tue Nov 19 2002 - 14:36:00 GMT