Tag Archives: hardware

Pen Plotter Replacement Pen DIY

Posted on 2012-03-14 by Daniel Belasco Rogers

After totalling three pens of the precious supply I got with our HP DraftPro EXL (7576A) pen plotter (see earlier post), I realised that this was unsustainable and promised myself to find a solution for the future. So here’s the … Continue reading →

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Why I don’t use GPS logging on my smartphone

Posted on 2011-12-30 by Daniel Belasco Rogers

This post is an adaptation of an email I was sending to someone who wrote to me to ask about doing what I do. I directed him to this previous post (What GPS to use) and started off clarifying a … Continue reading →

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HP DraftPro EXL (7576A) Pen Plotter working

Posted on 2011-12-23 by Daniel Belasco Rogers

It’s been a long time waiting for me down the studio, but the other day, I managed to crack getting the plotter we bought on eBay for 40 Euros working. At the moment, it’s under WindowsXP and through AutoCAD, which … Continue reading →

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Reset transformer on Event 20/20 bas active speakers

Posted on 2011-09-16 by Daniel Belasco Rogers

Thought I’d just put this up for my own record and because I didn’t find anything online that gave anything useful. Here’s how to change the input voltage on these Event active speakers from 110V to 240V. Photos should be … Continue reading →

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ECT for laptop

Posted on 2011-09-13 by Daniel Belasco Rogers

TVT Packet Filter Miniport / Ethernet card problem solved by shutting down the laptop badly. A strange thing happened to my Lenovo Thinkpad T61p recently that I never really got to the bottom of and has subsequently cured itself. Last … Continue reading →

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