On 9 Nov 2002 at 23:48, Mikael wrote: > Hi > I'm interested in building a pcb plotter for hobbiest use. The > mechanical and electronics side are of no hassle to me, I plan to use > a Motorola 6800 based controller to handle as much of the software and > hardware as possible. The problem is, I have never done any major > windows programing. I'm a keen C programmer (low level only) and am > vaguely familiar with visual basic but this is all the potential skill > I have far as windows programming goes.
Perhaps do it completely otherwise. Try to obtain a documentation of HPGL or better the newer HPGL/2 (Hewlett Packard's Plotter language - should hopefully be available in the web anywhere) and make your plotter able to understand this language. Then every application or OS with HPGL or HPGL/2 should be able to work with your plotter. A generic plotter driver for HPGL/2 should be included in current Windows Versions. regards Matthias -- Matthias Mansfeld Elektronik * Leiterplattenlayout, Bestueckung Am Langhoelzl 11, 85540 Haar; Tel.: 089/4620 093-7, Fax: -8 Internet: http://www.mansfeld-elektronik.de GPG Public Key: http://www.mansfeld-elektronik.de/gnupgkey/mansfeld.asc -- Author: Matthias Mansfeld INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
