Re: Apple plotter A9M0302P - any info please?

[Slick <PAYSlick_RCBD@hotmail.com>]

Edhel Iaur, Esq. wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 12 Jun 1998 23:15:42 +0100, "Andy :)" <aps6@ukc.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> >Hi, I just got hold of an old apple plotter as in the subject,
> > what I'm after is any info at all on this device.
> ...
> >Or what the 8 dip switches at the back do?
> 
> I would imagine that at least some of them control the baud of the
> serial connection, if it is in fact a serial plotter.  If it has a
> DB-25 or DIN-type plug, and not a Centronics type plug, it's slmost
> definately serial.  See crappy ASCII art below.
> 
> >Or even if this is the wrong group for this request?
> 
> This is probably the best one, unless one of the CAD groups knows
> something...the only info I've seen about the Apple plotter is that
> there's some crappy CAD program that uses it directly.
> 
> _______________
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>  \.........../    DB-25...sorta
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>  ___
> /...\
> |...|       DIN-8...kinda (supposed to be round)
> \.._/
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Why not attatch a GIF or JPEG file if ASCII art isn't suitable? If my
suggestion is out of Usenet etiquette, I apologize.
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