27 Feb
2003
27 Feb
'03
12:54 a.m.
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, David Gesswein wrote:
I just got a Calcomp 563 incremental plotter. Does
anybody have a manual
that I could get a copy of or at least know the pinout of the connector and
what the mate is (round multipin). Also does anybody know where I can
get supplies such at the 30" sprocket feed paper rolls (still doing a web
search but only found 36" so far) and the pen. The pen looks like a short
ballpoint cartridge so hopefully I can cut a normal one down if I can't
find an identical one.
Thanks,
David Gesswein
http://www.pdp8.net/ -- Run an old computer with blinkenlights.
Used one of those _many_ years ago for doing our Gerber plots, A regular brass
ball point pen cartridge (shortened) worked fine. We didn't use the original
controller, but a Z80 running a Forth program to do the Bresenham line drawing
stuff.
Peter Wallace