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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: TRS-80 plotter
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Date: 8 May 89 20:48:48 GMT
References: <POLLACK.89May5120721@toto.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Reply-To: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
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In article <POLLACK.89May5120721@toto.cis.ohio-state.edu> pollack@toto.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jordan B Pollack) writes:
<So, I picked up this nice multi-pen plotter at a garage-sale, of all places,
<for $100. 
<
<It ran a self-test with no problem, though the pens were
<almost dry, and not sold by local RS stores.
<
<So I used a lathe and some plexiglass tubing to create
<washers which allow me to use standard HP supplies.
<
<But software is a problem. None of the PC programs I have
<(MS Windows, Freelance) drive it. Does anybody out there
<know of:
<
<a) any software to drive it
<b) the true name of the OEM?
<
<Thanks in advance
<Jordan Pollack

It would help if you would give us the catalog number. RS has sold several
different multi-pen plotters over the years. If this is the one I think it
is, (big box, about 6 inches tall) it was OEM'ed from Houston Intruments.
But that doesn't mean it will have the same command set as a normal
Houston Instruments plotter...
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