> -----Original Message----- > From: Guy Dunphy <gu...@optusnet.com.au> > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2023 9:54 PM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: [cctalk] Free to good home HP 7510a Photo Plotter - UK > > Hi Dave, > > I'm very interested, and happy to pay for packing and airfreight to Australia.
Also had one other query. I will now keep things private... > Also something for the unit. Do you happen to have originals of the manuals, or > just the digital ones you've posted? I don't think I have any paper manuals. > > Do you have a 'pack and ship' company nearby, who could do a safe packing > using foam-in-place, or soft foam block padding, then send by airfreight to > Sydney Australia? > I should have said the plotter came to me from France packed in expanded foam. I think I may still have the packing.. I will check and report back... > I'm fully aware of the costs, having recently had a HP 7586B pedestal plotter > sent from San Francisco in a big wooden crate (vial PCL sea freight) and a 20' > shipping container full of thousands of service manuals arriving by sea form the > USA in a few days. OK I have shipped an IBM 3174 screen controller to Europe, and a E-Prom programmer to the USA so I may also be reasonably experienced... > > If you'll pass the photo plotter on to me, please reply via private email. Ok let me talk privately... > > Kind regards, > Guy > Dave > At 10:24 AM 16/11/2023 -0000, you wrote: > >Folks, > > > > > > > >Trying to reduce the weight in my loft and I would like to donate my HP > >Photoplotter to a good home. > > > >. Photos of the plotter and some sample plots are on my OneDrive here:- > > > > > > > >https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ag4BJfE5B3ongspXY7zySSZsDj-WMg > > > > > > > >It has both serial and IEEE interfaces and uses HPGL like the GP and > >Roland pen plotters. > > > >The plots on there are the samples built into the plotter taken on a > >Fuji > >XE-1 digital camera and are cropped because the Fuji does not have a > >full frame sensor. > > > >The tube is actually a white tube and the colours are generated by > >rotating colour filters. > > > >Its powered by a 68000 and you can see the various boards in the pictures. > > > > > > > >Dave > > > > > > > > > > > >
