20 Jun
2012
20 Jun
'12
12:48 a.m.
On Tue, 19 Jun 2012, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 06/19/2012 05:21 PM, Dave wrote:
I picked up two 7550A plotters in the late 1990s from various university
auctions for ~$20-25/each. If these plotters are "rare" and now worth $2k
as that eBay seller suggests then I think I got a heck of a bargain...
...and they are really, really nice plotters. IIRC, this was the -fastest-
plotter HP ever made. They work with Chiplotle
http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/chiplotle/
and documentation for these machines can be found at here:
http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=75
http://www.hpmuseum.net/exhibit.php?hwdoc=75
The downside to these plotters is that they require a special serial cable
(pinouts can be found online) and replacement carousels and carousel parts
are not easy to find.
Any thoughts on what one of these is really
worth?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-7550-Plus-8-Pen-Colour-Plotter-Boxed-Vintage-Ra
re-/130709681274
I know it is a high speed HPGL/2 capable plotter and I would really like it
but $2000....
They're really, really nice plotters; I've had one for many years.
There's a 68K inside!
Anyway, $2000, the seller is smoking crack. It's worth $50-150 tops,
assuming it's in good shape. These are all over the surplus market.