Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!hpda!fortune!wdl1!wunder From: wunder@wdl1.UUCP (wunder ) Newsgroups: net.periphs Subject: Re: hp7470A plotter, a review Message-ID: <302@wdl1.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Jun-84 18:23:54 EDT Article-I.D.: wdl1.302 Posted: Fri Jun 1 18:23:54 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Jun-84 08:36:05 EDT Lines: 11 Nf-ID: #R:utzoo:-389700:wdl1:14100001:000:435 Nf-From: wdl1!wunder Jun 1 12:13:00 1984 Has anyone modified the System V graphics stuff to talk to a 7470A? It currently wants to talk to a 7221A, which used "special compacted binary format" for fast service over slow modems. HP has given up on that plotter language, and doesn't even sell 7221's any more, but the Bell software still cherishes the format. Trying to avoid touching Sys V code, w underwood PS: Do they pay those people extra to not comment their stuff?