Dale, thank you for the hints.

Jim -

I did not make a single board yet, because of the hardware handshaking..
but once I get that fixed, I'll make a board and send you a picture.  :-)

Dale has very good description of how it's done, I think we've done it a bit
differently.  We took off the flip-up cover, removed the carousel and made a
1/2'' slit in the cover for the pen.  Unlike Dale, we wound a few turns of
electric tape on the permanent marker, to make it thik enough for the
plotter to grab it.  Works great.

Somewhere else I read the same thing that Dale just said - you need to set
the plotter to the lowest baud rate, and set the plot speed to 1''/sec.  It
will be slow, but there are two important advantages this method will have
over protoboard.  First, it's automatic - "set it and forget it" (tm).
Second, it is easier and faster to solder than protoboard.  My last project
board has over 50 wires on the underside.  I expect to reduce that number to
about five, and cut the size of the board in half.

Hope this helps.

Vitaliy


> How are you guys doing boards - I've got an
> operational 7475A sitting here collecting
> dust ...
>
> Jim

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