12 Mar
2011
12 Mar
'11
10:34 p.m.
Naptha (charcoal lighter) works.
Iteresting subject Zane!
I rode head on several versatecs myself, in seismic plots (including lunar for APOLLO),
oilfield well logs etc. Loved that machine.
I still have Versaplot (fortran) source if you want it.
For a while there, the had a PC DMA board I got really good at writing code for, to load
my next frame slice before the printer paused and the fountain shut down.
Nobody wants nasty toner bands...
Randy
PS all copier fluid and toner for liquid copiers worked for me, 80s, no need to buy the
versatec stuff. Worked in my symbolics printers too.
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:02:58 -0800
To: classiccmp at classiccmp.org
From: healyzh at aracnet.com
Subject: Strange Versatec Plotter question
A very long time ago, I used to support three Versatec plotters.
We'd have to use a clear liquid to clean them up. It wasn't
Isopropyl Alcohol. Does anyone happen to know what it might have
been?
Zane
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