Actually I just tried it and it works fine
Don't believe everything you read on the internet :>)


        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Caisson [SMTP:caisson@TELEBYTE.NL]
        Sent:   Tuesday, 1 September 1998 12:34 AM
        To:     PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
        Subject:        Seeking Luberth : CNC, pics, Autocad and hpgl

        > Van: luberth@wxs.nl <luberth@WXS.NL>
        > Aan: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
        > Onderwerp: Re: CNC, pics, Autocad and hpgl
        > Datum: vrijdag 31 juli 1998 11:57
        >
        > a qbasic program reads a hpgl file and sends it to
        > stepper motors on parallel port
        > http://home.wxs.nl/~luberth/plotter/plotter.htm

        Hello (mister ?) Luberth (first/second name ? I don't know ! :-),

        It is now 31 Augustus 1998 and your link has become invalid.  Do you
have
        another URL for me ?  I'm interrested in the HPGL commands as well
as your
        implementation of it in QBasic.

        Greetz,
          Rudy Wieser