What good is an HP plotter?

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(05-11-2018 09:21 PM)Dan Grelinger Wrote:  I have an Opt. 3 HP7470A Plotter with HP-41, HP-IL module and Plotter module to make some plots.
The geek in me is very happy watching this work. I like seeing my HP-41CX driving a 'big rig' so to speak.

Understand completely.

(05-11-2018 09:21 PM)Dan Grelinger Wrote:  I have not dived into HP GL, but know that it exists.

The HP-41 is not really equipped to handle a lot of string, but the HP-75C/D and HP-71B are.
When I bought my first HP-75C in 1983, one of the first thing I did was to develop BASIC programs to control my HP-7470A and to do that I had to learned HP-GL.

(05-11-2018 09:21 PM)Dan Grelinger Wrote:  By the way, did you ever figure out what the bug was in the 41CL that interfered with one of the Plotter functions? I don't remember the details, they are lost in my pile of old emails.

Unfortunately, I never had the time to finish the investigation, other things got in the way.
I need to do and/or finish the following projects before going back to it:

• 41CL Update Manual (way overdue)
• HP-IL Compendium (in progress, need to be done by September for HHC2018)
• HP-71B Compendium Update (not started yet, need to be done by September for HHC2018)
• HP-75C/D Compendium
• HP-41C Compendium
  

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