Old, old (but good..) HP 7221C graphic plotter

[bojan]

Hi guys,
I have this plotter for quite some time.. and I was using it a lot in a past (with my own conversion software, because it talks "compact binary", not HPGL..)
Anyone knows if HP 07221-00020 ROM kit (to convert it into conventional HPGL plotter) is still availabe somewhere?
Or, better still, hex files to download?
Thanks..

[bojan]

Anybody?

[Robert9 (Robert)]

Hi Bojan,
Have you tried HP? http://store.emprgroup.com.au/HPParts.aspx
P: 1300 134 324 (Phone support hours | 8 am - 6 pm, Mon-Fri)
F: 1300 134 330
E: sales@emprgroup.com.au
W: http://store.emprgroup.com.au
Robert

[bojan]

Will try, thanks

This is what should be the outcome of this conversion: HP7220A
http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=70

[LewisM]

Was this back when HP actually worked beyond a week of ownership?

[bojan]

Yep... good ol' times..

[w0mbat (Ian)]

OMG! I can vaguely remember writing software on an early HP PC with a tape drive to get data from a multi channel analyser and plot it on one of those. It was a constant battle to keep the program small enough to fit into the PC's memory. Those were the days.
Ian