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0 pointsjacquesm3y ago0 comments

And pen based vector plotters.

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I loved pen based plotters it was mesmerising to watch them draw.

Indeed, but oh those pens were so expensive and woe to you if a pen ever punctured the paper. That could get messy in a hurry. And then of course the printerbuffer would have another 250K worth of plotter commands and good luck getting that to stop.

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0 pointsjacquesm3y ago0 comments

And pen based vector plotters.

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christkv3y ago

I loved pen based plotters it was mesmerising to watch them draw.

jacquesmOP3y ago

Indeed, but oh those pens were so expensive and woe to you if a pen ever punctured the paper. That could get messy in a hurry. And then of course the printerbuffer would have another 250K worth of plotter commands and good luck getting that to stop.

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