Well... to my mind the thing that made the MX-80 somewhat revolutionary fo
its time was the user replacable print head that initially retailed for
about $35.00. Compared against other printers of the time which required
while significant there were other things of note.
It was low cost but not cheap.
It was widely sold.
Many other vendors copied it, it was a defacto standard in itself.
I represented a step up over many printers at twice the cost.
Later version were based on it.
Allison