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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/paulrickards/statuses/112876101066085269">paulrickards (paulrickards@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 01:18:34 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@paulrickards" title="paulrickards@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/78781-48-20221222002123.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="paulrickards" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">paulrickards</a><div><a href="https://mastodon.social/@paulrickards/112876013581802563" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>The Commodore 1520 and the other variants based on Alps plotter mechanisms were a great introduction to pen plotters and I’m still amazed to find them stuffed into the oddest of retro tech like calculators and keyboards. The gears on these suffer over time and split but I designed 3D printed replacements that have been working well for me. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PenPlotter" rel="tag">#PenPlotter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GenerativeArt" rel="tag">#GenerativeArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CreativeCoding" rel="tag">#CreativeCoding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Art" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtForSale" rel="tag">#ArtForSale</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Artist" rel="tag">#Artist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtForSaleByArtist" rel="tag">#ArtForSaleByArtist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PenPlotterArt" rel="tag">#PenPlotterArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PenPlot" rel="tag">#PenPlot</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3450171#notice-6782747">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-07-31T01:18:34+09:00" title="Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 01:18:34 JST">about 6 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@paulrickards/112876101066085269" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@paulrickards/112876101066085269">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2977056">A Commodore 1520 pen plotter with paper that says Hello, World! plotted on it in large serif font mother designs curl around the back on the continuous 4” paper.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/876/067/429/277/307/original/0ea333600bbfae36.jpeg" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/876/067/429/277/307/original/0ea333600bbfae36.jpeg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2977057">An Atari 1020 plotter with a chords of a circle plotted on the paper with the text “The Plot Thickens: Pen Plotter History and Artistry” on it.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/876/073/394/516/115/original/5f36bfd7d4418b49.jpeg" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/876/073/394/516/115/original/5f36bfd7d4418b49.jpeg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2977058">A Sharp EL-7050 calculator with a pen plotter on the left with a bar graph printed on small 2” wide paper laying on top.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/876/075/550/744/212/original/bedbc374e37b3e4e.jpeg" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/876/075/550/744/212/original/bedbc374e37b3e4e.jpeg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2977059">A Yamaha PortaSound MP-1 keyboard with a pen plotter on the right. A small 2” wide paper strip is on top with musical notation printed on it.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/876/081/015/845/945/original/99099ec388fdfa46.jpeg" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/876/081/015/845/945/original/99099ec388fdfa46.jpeg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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paulrickards (paulrickards@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 01:18:34 JST paulrickards
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The Commodore 1520 and the other variants based on Alps plotter mechanisms were a great introduction to pen plotters and I’m still amazed to find them stuffed into the oddest of retro tech like calculators and keyboards. The gears on these suffer over time and split but I designed 3D printed replacements that have been working well for me.
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