29 Jan
2002
29 Jan
'02
3:01 a.m.
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Roger Merchberger wrote:
Rumor has it that Gunther Schadow may have mentioned
these words:
It's a discontinued item.
They closed down the Houston area outlet store based on the little info I
can gather. RS' customer relations department didn't have a clue as to
what was going on with the Houston outlet store.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
Radio Shack.
No, really! Radio Shack.
Last I checked, they still stock replacement pens for their CGP-115,
(and the PC-2 printer/plotter) which just happened to be based on the
same carriage & pens -- they're really quite reasonable (like, $4 or
$5 USD for a pack of 3 - either all black, or red/green/blue) and if
you toss them a few extra bones (like $3 or so) they'll have it
shipped right to your house. I'd love to have a handful of these - I have
a real 1520 as well as the
Atari plotter (and pens and paper).
That reminds me that I have one of those too. Is there any
recognized method of poor-man's pen replacement? Crayons?
Ballpens? Oh, and the 1520 I just *happen* to have sitting next
to my desk here
at work, uses a standard IEC 120V power plug - the same one you find
on all of your computer, office-calculator & other equipment - usually
cost you around $3.00 at a decent computer shop. (ahem - like mine...
;-)
I need to look at mine I guess. Maybe it isn't a 1520? I thought it needed
some kind of wall-wart.
-Toth