Homebrew PCBs

Well I have won a new plotter on ebay, its a HP7475A, I have seen
conversions on the web which just consist of cutting a slot in the
plastic so a taller etch resist pen can be put into the pen carosel.

Hopefully this will allow me to make quick and dirty lo-res pcb's for
small circuits that just use to92 transistors 0.1''inch chips in DIP
package etc.

Hopefully printer drivers etc wont be such an issue, never had a
plotter working so dont know how I am supposed to send a BMP to it to
be plotted, do I need some form of conversion software?

All being well by Thursday it should be with me, maybe the cable it
somes with will work the calcomp...(which I think is by far the better
machine by being a true x/y flatbed not a paper shuffler)


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Lez