[time-nuts] OT: Need HP 7475A Drivers for XP or Linux

[Joseph Gray]

I'm looking at the "Add Printer" dialog in WinXP right now. I see "HP-GL/2 
Plotter" and "HP 7550 Plus" listed. Shouldn't one of those work?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Didier Juges" <didier at cox.net>
To: "'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'" 
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Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: Need HP 7475A Drivers for XP or Linux


>I did write some QuickBasic code for that plotter a number of years ago.
> I used it to plot data from an HP 8566 that was subjected to calculations
> that were more easily done in a PC than on the instrument.
> I also plotted data from an HP network analyzer, forgot which.
> If I recall, the commands are simple and the plotter is easy to control 
> (if
> you write your own code).
> I am not aware of any drivers you can use with shrink-wrap software, but I
> would be surprised if someone has not done that under Linux.
>
> Didier KO4BB
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com
>> [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of Eric Fort
>> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:57 PM
>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>> Subject: [time-nuts] OT: Need HP 7475A Drivers for XP or Linux
>>
>> There seems to be a wealth of knowlege here about keeping
>> older HP hardware running.  Would anyone in this group have
>> experience using a 7475A plotter under XP or Linux to plot
>> test data or drawings.  I'd like to get mine running again.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Eric
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