2 x 1520 plotter on ebay

KilrPilr · Post by **KilrPilr** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:38 pm

The alps mechanism used in the 1520 was used in many other plotters such as the atari 1020, the Tandy cgp-115 and a few other brands. Ive done searches on all types that I have found or thought of and I cant find any quantity of pens for sale. Maybe you may have better luck. On my mainpage of my website (link is in my signature) you can find more information on the different product numbers and types if you are interested. As for paper. I have about a dozen rolls for my personal use and I imagine it wouldnt be hard to find 4 inch wide rolls of paper somewhere.

Mikam73 · Post by **Mikam73** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:14 pm

KilrPilr wrote:I have about a dozen rolls for my personal use and I imagine it wouldnt be hard to find 4 inch wide rolls of paper somewhere.

Yeah.. But my toilet paper is also for my personal use..

Mikam73 · Post by **Mikam73** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:24 pm

Ok. I did buy that one

Now I am just curious how connect it to Commodore Vic20 or C64..

Guess I would need also paperholder, paper and pens..

If it works..

KilrPilr · Post by **KilrPilr** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:51 pm

Mikam73 wrote:Ok. I did buy that one

Now I am just curious how connect it to Commodore Vic20 or C64..

Guess I would need also paperholder, paper and pens..

If it works..

Cool! It connects via a standard serial cable. Good luck finding a loose paperholder. You are prolly better off to make one for yourself out of cardboard or something. And for paper and pens, good luck with that too. Let me know if you find a good source

KilrPilr · Post by **KilrPilr** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 3:03 pm

oh and one other thing I could throw in here. So long as the power up sequence looks something like this
you should have a fine working 1520.

Mikam73 · Post by **Mikam73** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:52 pm

Got nice link from Lemon64 forum:
http://landover.no-ip.com/128/viewtopic.php?id=1405

(Thanks, you know who you are

)

There is something wrong. Got this info from seller, but I am not sure whats wrong.. My english.. I guess.. I did just understand that something doesnt work..

--

I have found a Mains Lead and when I connected it, the Unit sprang into life but the wire band which pulls the pens back and forwards did not work but did on the other one which is currently still in the auction. It may just need a bit of attention.

carlsson · Post by **carlsson** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:20 am

A few weeks ago, I locally picked up a free VIC-1520 plotter that was partly broken, probably also dried pens. I donated it further, as it was not something I bother to tinker with.

Gray1972 · Post by **Gray1972** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:30 pm

I wrote a screen dump utility for this printer to help with my O Level (UK) Computer Studies project back in 1987 or so. I think that it worked by looking up the bitmap patterns for each character on the text screen and then plotting them as individual dots. I should probably have handed THAT in as the exam project instead of the boring "Simon" game that I actually submitted.