[cctalk] PDP-8/E front panels
Do you have any more of the DEC PDP-8 e/m/f front panels? I'm looking for one that matches the layout attached. I don't care what model (e/m/f etc.) it's for, but the rotary switch layout needs to be right and I prefer the matte finish. Color is not important either I have orange, green, and blue switch boards. Thanks, Bob -- Vintage computers and electronics www.dvq.com www.tekmuseum.com www.decmuseum.org
[cctalk] Re: Free to good home HP 7510a Photo Plotter - UK
> -Original Message- > From: Guy Dunphy > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2023 9:54 PM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > 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 -, 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 > > > > > > > > > > > >
[cctalk] Re: Free to good home HP 7510a Photo Plotter - UK
>From: Anders Nelson >Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2023 4:49 PM >To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts >Cc: dave.g4...@gmail.com >Subject: Re: [cctalk] Free to good home HP 7510a Photo Plotter - UK > >What an interesting device, I've never heard of such a thing. > >How does it realize full-spectrum color if it uses primary color wheels? Maybe >by varying exposure time of each color? Well that’s what it says in the manual, but sure how it achieves this. The samples were taken by opening the shutter, running the demo and then closing the shutter but as you can see the sample palette comes out fine. I don't know if it varies the brightness or the plot speed >-- >Anders Nelson >http://www.andersknelson.com/ Dave
[cctalk] Re: Free to good home HP 7510a Photo Plotter - UK
> -Original Message- > From: John Robertson via cctalk > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2023 5:17 PM > To: Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk > Cc: John Robertson > Subject: [cctalk] Re: Free to good home HP 7510a Photo Plotter - UK > > Location? Like it says in the subject, "UK", so Altrincham, Greater Manchester... Dave > > On 2023/11/16 2:24 a.m., Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > John's Jukes Ltd. > 7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3 Call (604)872-5757 (Pinballs, > Jukes, Video Games) > flippers.com > "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out"
[cctalk] Re: Free to good home HP 7510a Photo Plotter - UK
Location? On 2023/11/16 2:24 a.m., Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk 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 -- John's Jukes Ltd. 7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3 Call (604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games) flippers.com "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out"
[cctalk] Re: Free to good home HP 7510a Photo Plotter - UK
> On Nov 16, 2023, at 11:48 AM, Anders Nelson via cctalk > wrote: > > What an interesting device, I've never heard of such a thing. I haven't either, but when I saw the sample output it rang a bell. At DEC, in the 1970s, we would prepare presentation material for customer talks such as DECUS sessions by sending manuscripts to a nearby company named "Genigraphics" which would send back images looking much like the samples, on 35 mm slides. We'd put those in a projector and use them with the talk. This was long before Powerpoint or PC projectors. paul
[cctalk] Re: Free to good home HP 7510a Photo Plotter - UK
What an interesting device, I've never heard of such a thing. How does it realize full-spectrum color if it uses primary color wheels? Maybe by varying exposure time of each color? -- Anders Nelson www.andersknelson.com On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 5:24 AM Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> 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 > > > > > >
[cctalk] Free to good home HP 7510a Photo Plotter - UK
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
