[simpits-tech] quadrant update...

[Gene Buckle]

On Tue, 25 May 2010, Roy Coates wrote:

> On Tue, 25 May 2010, Gene Buckle wrote:
>
>> Those were neat.  I've got the Commodore version - they called it the
>> 1520.  Has a little turret that holds four different pens.
>>
>> I was lamenting the lack of color on the scanner because some of the old
>> docs I've scanned would have come out better for being in color.
>
> Heh... it all seemed like sc-fi come true back then.
>
> I've just re-acquired an A1 Hewlett Packard pen plotter (RS232) which I
> loaned to someone about 10 years ago.  Can't wait to get some code working
> with that baby!
>
Those are neat!  I've got an HP DesignJet 430 that I got used a number of 
years ago.  Unfortunately I use it so little that it costs me $40 per run 
because the stupid ink cart dries out before I can use it up!

The L-188 Electra simulator at STI had a plot board that would trace your 
ground track on a map.  It was a pretty awesome bit of hardware, 
especially considering there wasn't a semiconductor in the whole thing - 
it was all either mechanical or tubes.

g.


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