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Old Plotter

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#21678From: Dennis W. BanaszakNov 23, 1991 11:09 PM
David, You don't live in Michigan by any chance do you? The local 4-year college has an old Tek plotter that I tried to set up for use by AutoCAD a long time ago. I'm not familiar with the model number but the machine is a flat bed plotter that uses a HPIB, or GPIB as Tek called it, connector on it. The first thing I'd check is if you'd be able to hook it up to a computer running AutoCAD. The only solution I found was to purchase an H/GPIB board for the PC to at least be able to make a connection. Unfortunately the $500.00+ price of the board hosed the deal and the plotter has been collecting dust ever since. I don't recall if Tek built their own plotters or simply renamed somebody elses. If the latter is true you might have an easier time scaring up a driver for it. Good Luck, Dennis