Yes, Dan, this is EXACTLY the plotter that we used back in the 1970s.
Thanks for posting the pictures.
If anyone ever finds one of these, I would be interested in getting
it from them. So far this thing seems to be quite elusive.
Ashley
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Dan Veeneman
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 11:51 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: HP 7200A plotter
Hello,
Sorry my response is so late...
At 11:26 PM 6/28/04, Ashley Carder wrote:
>I'll see if I can get some further information on this
>plotter. Surely an HP plotter can't be this elusive!
>My documentation does say HP 7200A.
I've scanned a couple pages from a 1970 HP catalog
and put them up at
http://www.decodesystems.com/hp7200a.html
I imagine this is the plotter Ashley has in mind.
Cheers,
Dan
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of auryn_at_gci-net.com
>Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 7:01 PM
>To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>Subject: Re: HP 7200A plotter
>
>
>On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 18:49:30 -0400
> "Ashley Carder" <wacarder_at_usit.net> wrote:
> > Sorry, I don't have a picture of it. I've found
> > reference to it
> > by Google-ing, but only a couple of references. I do
> > remember it.
> > It was flat, sat on a table, was maybe 14" x 14" (a
> > guess), and
> > had little pens that you mounted in the "drawing arm" or
> > whatever
> > you want to call it. I have a page of documentation on
> > how to
> > use it from our 1978 computer center "user's guide".
>
>The only 72xx models that I am aware of are (ahem,
>*were* :>) the 7225{A,B} and 7240/7245. But, the
>724x was thermal so I assume that's not it. The
>7225 matches your description, though -- ~14-15" square
>desktop footprint... buttons across the front...
>
>--don
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