Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] T-Tech 5000 PCB Milling machine

There were 2 versions of HPGL The first version went out with Windows95 or
98 (I forget which). The second was called HPGL II. The 2 are not totally
compatible with each other, and, since HP started producing printers with
HPGL II, Microsoft dropped support for the original HPGL. I have a plotter
which uses the original HPGLm and have to maintain a laptop with Windows 95
on it just to keep the plotter from being useless. Perhaps you have the
original HPGL format?

I do know that there is quite a bit of communication to the plotter before
the first line is drawn.

>From: Alan Rothenbush <beer@...>
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>Thanks for the reply !
>
>
> > 1) Is the program erased?
>
>This is what I do for a living. It's gone. More to the point, so
>is the required dongle.
>
>
> > 2) Might the output actually be HPGL.
>
>It's not quite HPGL. It's close, obviously a derivative, but not the
>same thing.
>
>
> > All that said, pull the spindle and see if a plot file from a 2D CAD
>program
> > will drive the machine. If it does, then you can design the boards in
>CAD
> > and ?plot? to the machine to do the cutting.
>
>Interesting idea, but last resort, methinks. Designing a board in a CAD
>program .. LAST resort. I'd wirewrap it first ! <G>
>
>
>
>
>Alan
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>Alan Rothenbush
>Academic Computing Services
>Simon Fraser University
>Burnaby, B.C., Canada
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> The Spartans do not ask the number of the enemy, only where they are.
>
> Agix of Sparta

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