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Artist exploring vintage plotters with modern code. Retrocomputing repair and collecting. Mixes the best of new and old. He/him #plottertwitter refugee #penplotter #c64 🏳️‍🌈

Location: Delaware, USA
Shop: https://shop.paulrickards.com
Blog: https://biosrhythm.com
See a plot you like but it’s not in the shop?: DM me to purchase it.

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2024-07-31 15:10:35

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I’m glad you asked because it’s a miracle. Shipped in the same box! The plotter and legs come off the vacuum base. Two boxes taped together. Not really much bubble wrap and a sprinkling of peanuts. I think it was just too heavy to mishandle?? In any case, it made it!
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2024-07-31 14:57:41

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One more HP: the big brother to the DXL, the HP DraftPro EXL. Basically the same except 36” wide paper path. This one I got on eBay and much to my surprise wasn’t damaged in shipping at all.
You adjust the paper width manually by sliding the right side grip wheel, anywhere from 8.5” to 36” so it’s very flexible on paper sizes.
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2024-07-31 14:35:14

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Wait, there’s one more Roland and it’s a big one.
The Roland DPX-2000 is an ANSI C sized plotter. They basically scalled up their DXY A3 series plotters and kept all of the features: 8 pens, coordinate display, and electrostatic paper hold. Everyone loved it at VCF East. It’s a little on the slow side but I think that makes it more captivating to watch.
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