19 Nov
2002
19 Nov
'02
2:36 p.m.
--- Tothwolf <tothwolf(a)concentric.net> wrote:
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
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.
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. 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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