41 Programs for 7470 Plotter - Why so few?

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(09-12-2016 07:08 PM)aurelio Wrote:  thank-you Sylvain, thank-you for the help

How many things needed, really.
I will wait for the plotter to check if is still in a workin' order....

You are welcome.

There is also another path that you could take.
You could buy a 41CL board and with a Full-Nut version of a HP-41C, CV or CX you could then swap the original board with the 41CL one.
The 41CL comes with ~500 modules in it and have all the advanced feature of that new board, like 50x the speed of the original board.
41CL home site

To give you an idea of the speed difference look at the two videos I have made a year ago featuring a HP-7470A (HP-IB version), a HP-82169A HP-IB interface and two HP-41.
1) HP-41CX with a HP-82184A plotter module
2) 41CL with a virtually mapped HP-82184A plotter ROM image
As you can see, using a plotter with the HP-41 really make sense only when you are using a 41CL, the original HP-41 a way too slow for that usage.

Best regards,

Sylvain