26 Feb
2003
26 Feb
'03
11 p.m.
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.
27 Feb
27 Feb
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
2:21 a.m.
--- David Gesswein <djg(a)drs-esg.com> wrote:
I just got a Calcomp 563 incremental plotter.
Is that powder blue, kind of an A-Frame design? I had to pass on one
a few years ago because I could _not_ fit it into a full-sized cargo
van - it was 2" too tall at the frame.
Does anybody have a manual
I have no manuals, but I did rescue the 6800-based controller box. It's
about the size of a small S-100 enclosure.
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)
The Calcomp Plotter I saw had a permanently affixed sprocketed mylar loop
that you taped drafting paper down to. Perhaps you could find/make that?
Maybe we are not talking about the same device. You have pictures?
-ethan
1 Mar
1 Mar
4:31 p.m.
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).
I did have one of these many years ago that I
interfaced to a homebrew 6809
system ... but I think all the documentation went to whoever bought the
plotter from me.
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.
I do still have a box of the paper and possibly some pens.
However, the paper is here in the UK and very heavy so shipping to to USA is
likely to be very high ... and if I can still find the pens they will be
over 20 years old and thus likely to have dried up. I can look if you
want.
Andy
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