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paulrickards
@paulrickards@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

This tiny plotter prints in four colors, weighs 0.6 kg, stands about 10 cm tall, is battery powered, and prints over WiFi using GRBL.

#RetroComputing#PenPlotter

Top view of a tiny pen plotter housed in plastic boxes. A white top with buttons and paper coming out show the text Hello, World and a differential growth pattern drawn on it.
Top view of a tiny pen plotter housed in plastic boxes. A white top with buttons and paper coming out show the text Hello, World and a differential growth pattern drawn on it.
Top view of a tiny pen plotter housed in plastic boxes. A white top with buttons and paper coming out show the text Hello, World and a differential growth pattern drawn on it.
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@paulrickards@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

If it reminds you of your Atari 1020 you had, that's because ALPS made the plotter mechanisms and they use the same pens. The difference is my plotter uses the 2.25" wide variant and the Atari 1020 (and Commodore 1520, and many, many others) used the 4.5" wide type.

ALPS also made a 8.5" wide type that was used in many typewriter plotters. Yes, typewriters!

https://biosrhythm.com/?p=2143

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An Atari 1020 plotter on top, open with paper loaded and a bare ALPS mechanism below, smaller, with smaller paper loaded.
An Atari 1020 plotter on top, open with paper loaded and a bare ALPS mechanism below, smaller, with smaller paper loaded.
An Atari 1020 plotter on top, open with paper loaded and a bare ALPS mechanism below, smaller, with smaller paper loaded.
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