The 1027's problem is the type 'pallets' fail by falling off. I have not seen one taken apart and it was a long time ago I was offered one. It would be interesting to see if one could rebuild them.
BTW the Teletype 40's have a similar issue, the type belt disintegrates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFqEgpSXnNo one that has not yet come apart, sadly needs a new ribbon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuwLbpr6yLo The plotter is pretty cool considering what a commercial one cost. On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 11:21 PM, Eric Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps five years ago, a friend gave me some Atari 8-bit gear, > including an 800, 800XL, 1020 plotter, 1027 letter-quality printer > (which is undoubtedly no good now), and a 1050 floppy drive, but no > software. The stuff has been in storage in my mother's basement until > recently. I just kludged up a composite video cable for it, and tested > it on a home theater projector. Without software, I can only test it > with the built-in "Memo Pad", but it seems to work: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/22368471@N04/25892477424/ > > Now I'll look for BASIC and Star Raiders cartridges. It should be fun > playing Star Raiders on the big screen. That was the first game I ever > played on an Atari 800, back in 1979. > >
