Subj : Re: Color version of "The
To : Ron Lauzon
From : Jim Brain
Date : Wed Oct 14 2020 08:25 am
On 10/12/2020 3:25 PM, Ron Lauzon wrote:
> -=> J.B. Wood wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-
>
> JW> Hello, and IIRC there was a C-64 color printer that used 4 ballpoint
> JW> pens. Don't know what commercially-available apps might have been
> JW> available that would use it, though. Sincerely,
>
> I know the printer. It was made for many computers by ALPS and it didn't use
> ballpoint pens, but you're close.
>
> It was more of a simple plotter device and worked really good for relatively
> small prints with lines. So big banners would have used up your pens pretty
> quick (seeing how small they were).
>
> So it worked, but it wasn't a big seller.
>
>
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It was the Commodore 1520. Actually, I think it did use ballpoint pens.
Jim
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