from what video? I love that guy's channel, really enjoy his videos... plus he named his channel after my favorite documentary series ever (Connections by James Burke) and he loves Disneyparks... the bestie I never had lol
I find it genius in the simplicity on the pen change mechanism. It reminds me of the Apple II floppy drives. They bought bare drives without controllers and did not have a head position sensor implemented so on startup, Woz set it up so the computer commanded the drive to step back 40 tracks (that machine gun clicking sound on the drives at startup) so that the computer knew it was at track 0 and it just had to keep the head's position in memory at all times, eliminating much of the drive hardware and cost.
When I first saw this device at a computer store in the early 80's I was blown away. Of course I was like eleven years old, but still. I always have wanted a plotter since then, but never had one.
The comments from Technology Connections brought me here.
from what video? I love that guy's channel, really enjoy his videos... plus he named his channel after my favorite documentary series ever (Connections by James Burke) and he loves Disneyparks... the bestie I never had lol
@@FLECOM this one! - czcams.com/video/o1qRzKuskK0/video.html
Me too! 9 months later
Not sure if you’re still interested but for me it was this video about the Jukebox Selection Accumulator: czcams.com/video/o1qRzKuskK0/video.html
I find it genius in the simplicity on the pen change mechanism. It reminds me of the Apple II floppy drives. They bought bare drives without controllers and did not have a head position sensor implemented so on startup, Woz set it up so the computer commanded the drive to step back 40 tracks (that machine gun clicking sound on the drives at startup) so that the computer knew it was at track 0 and it just had to keep the head's position in memory at all times, eliminating much of the drive hardware and cost.
If I was them i would draw in one color completely THEN change, that would be 4 changes in total for the whole drawing
Fancier pen and pencil plotters (and their drivers) would "sort" the plot list to optimize motion and reduce pen changes.
When I first saw this device at a computer store in the early 80's I was blown away. Of course I was like eleven years old, but still.
I always have wanted a plotter since then, but never had one.
This is strangely calming.
Cool plotter-- thanks for sharing!
I NEED TO BUY THIS PRINTER'S PROJECT
Makes some great noises
wonderful machine
VERY GOOD! like!
This technology is still used today in a vinyl cutter.
And CNC machines... and FDM 3D printers...
so fun when change color
Was this a SCSI device?
Serial (RS232)
Back when Apple was the best innovaters
From 1960 ?
What a joke of a machine.
A joke from 1983 ;-)