Well it went back in the attic and I bought a HP 7475, got that working, then I decieded to try the HP cable on the calcomp, nothing, sat their looking dead, as I turned the machine over to unplug it the thing started working!
What had I done, I had pressed something, I guessed.
Well after some more presssing I found that when you power it up, it defaults to 'offline' so it does not suddenly plot and rip off any body parts in its way, fingers etc...
To start the plot you have to press chart and view in that order........
Could have been ok from day one for all I know, hope this info helps anyone who finds this thread.
Edit, Only just noticed in first post I called it a model 30 and its really a model 83......
Also its so damn accurate!, you can plot a pcb, park it up, then restart the plot and it retraces it steps so accuratly I cant see the 2nd trace, why dont they build machines this good today, too much plastic and weight saving imho
dtr/dsr signalling is essential, xon/xoff etc does not work with it.
Last edited by lez; 11-26-2006 at 11:56 AM.
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