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From: cberg@leadsv.UUCP (Charles R Berg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Trying to connect HP7580B to Mac II
Keywords: plotter MacII HP
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Date: 13 Jun 90 23:18:35 GMT
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Organization: LOCKHEED, Sunnyvale, CA
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HELP!!  The boss says either make it work or he'll throw it out!

Our Systems Support group found a surplus HP7580B plotter, and they are
trying to make it work from a Mac II.  They are using MacPlot, which has
a selection for the HP7580B, and are able to make marks on the paper, but
its garbage.  One possibility is that the pin-out on the connector is
non-standard.  (Obviously, they didn't find a manual to go with it!)  I
guess another is that baud rate, XON/XOFF or toggle DTR aren't setup correctly.

So, anybody out there got any information that might help them get it
to work?

Thanks in advance for any assistence.

Chuck