Off Topic - Info on Plotters

[David Stanwood]

Hey!

I have an HP 7580a pen plotter and it was fantastic..!
I used it to develop the SmartCharts for Strike Weight Specification
that are sold with the Touch Designer Toolkits.....

I use AutoCadLite for my drafting software and the configuration for this 
model is in the manual!  Amazing for a dinasour!  It required Cables that I 
made up according to their diagram.  Infortunately when I switched to a new 
computer I haven't been able to get it to work.. Need a nerd....

But they are built to last and I believe you can get it working....

The results are quite outstanding.  The work of a pen plotter looks alot 
like it was drafted by hand.  They are amazing to watch with the paper 
jigging and jagging in the x and y planes...

You can still buy all the supplies you need..

David Stanwood




>From: Robert Goodale <rrg@nevada.edu>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: PTG <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Off Topic - Info on Plotters
>Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 15:13:01 -0700
>
><<<Off Topic>>>
>
>Howdee,
>
>I have gotten a hold of a couple of plotters from the university surplus
>department.  I've gotten to be buddies with the gentleman in charge who
>has been scrounging up various surplus computer equipment for me.  Kind
>of a new Diddle-O-Round hobby.  Anyway, they got a few old plotters in
>from the drafting people in the architecture department.  One is an HP
>"Draftmaster" model 7595A.  The other is made by "Optical Computer",
>model 928.
>
>I thought it might be fun to get one of these working to play with.  So
>far it SOUNDS like, (from limited research), they are very old and
>obsolete.  They are designed for drafting and not for graphics.  Does
>anyone no anything about these things?  They are pen plotters, which I
>understand these days have been pretty much replaced by color print
>heads.  I understand the pens are rather pricey.  Any info on these old
>things would be appreciated.  Trash or treasure??
>
>Rob Goodale, RPT
>Las Vegas, NV
>

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