The 1520 Plotter Survival Guide

[RobertB]

I have a quote for metal gears.  (Stainless steel)

Wow, that's service!  And these stainless steel gears fit and function perfectly?

             Truly,
             Robert Bernardo
             Fresno Commodore User Group
             http://videocam.net.au/fcug
             The Other Group of Amigoids
             http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

[acadiel]

I have a quote for metal gears.  (Stainless steel)

Wow, that's service!  And these stainless steel gears fit and function perfectly?

Hmm.. not sure what just happened to my reply to this, but oh well, I'll write it again.

If we get enough interest for a group buy, I'm asking the vendor if they will send me a proof to make sure they fit and work well before they make the rest of the batch.  I sent them the stepper motor and the adjacent gear for proper fit.  If the fit isn't correct, I'm going to ask them to re-do the gear. 

Of course, if we don't do a group buy, I'll probably not get a proof.  It sounds like the $300 charge for one is just a setup charge, and I doubt they'll send me a free proof without making an order first. 

I don't want a bum gear any more than the next person...

Jon

[RobertB]

Of course, if we don't do a group buy, I'll probably not get a proof.  It sounds like the $300 charge for one is just a setup charge, and I doubt they'll send me a free proof without making an order first. 

Then I'd like to order four of the gears.

             Truly,
             Robert Bernardo
             Fresno Commodore User Group
             http://videocam.net.au/fcug
             The Other Group of Amigoids
             http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

[acadiel]

Of course, if we don't do a group buy, I'll probably not get a proof.  It sounds like the $300 charge for one is just a setup charge, and I doubt they'll send me a free proof without making an order first. 

Then I'd like to order four of the gears.

Robert, I'll be keeping track of the pre-orders - please send me an e-mail at acadiel/guidry/org (@ .) and I'll keep track until 10/15 to see how many are wanted.  I'll send out a mass e-mail (bcc'd) to everyone who wanted on to let everyone know how many people wanted total and the price point at which the manufacturer will make them (based on the quantity.)

Thanks!
Jon

[acadiel]

OK, everyone - wow... we're already at the 100+ price level.  I'll be getting a quote for the next tiers.  So it looks like they will be $13/ea or less expensive.

I've also e-mailed the Atari 1020 retailers at the beginning of this thread info on this group buy to see if they might be interested in getting some.

This is awesome!!! 

[airship]

Man, that was fast! I always thought there'd be some interest in this!

I'd go for four gears at that price, to get both my complete 1520s up and running. (I'll email separately.)

I've got three other replacement mechanisms with bad gears and it would be cool to get them going, too, but that's too much for me. However, if gears are available maybe someone else would be interested in the mechs? Electronic Goldmine is sold out of complete replacements, and only has stripped-down mechs without motors and pen holders now.

Time for 1520 prices on eBay to skyrocket when these become available!

Edit: Robert, you might want to let Joe Palumbo or Centsible Software know about this to see if they're interested in stocking some of these for online sale and sale at Commodore shows. There is certain to be some interest in them well into the future.

[RobertB]

Robert, you might want to let Joe Palumbo or Centsible Software know about this to see if they're interested in stocking some of these...

O.K., I will let Joe know.  However, Bill Griffins of Centsible still owes me money, and I'm not sure I should do anything with him.  Should I post this info at comp.sys.atari.8bit, comp.sys.tandy, and at comp.sys.ti ?

           Truly,
           Robert Bernardo
           Fresno Commodore User Group
           http://videocam.net.au/fcug

[Golan Klinger]

I met Bill at the World of Commodore a few years ago and he's a nice enough fellow. Unfortunately he's another Commodore dealer that seems to have trouble filling orders in a timely fashion (if at all) and I've heard quite a few stories of deals gone sour. I'm sorry to hear that Robert is another one of those with a grievance. It's a sad pattern.

[Razhell]

Hallo, i'm a commodore  entusiast with the same problem for the gears of the 1520 plotter, i'm trying to emal ACADIEL for the gears but him email address is unknown...
Someone know if Acadiel have realized the gears ? and if are available ?

thankyou to all from Italy

RAz

[airship]

1520 pen availability update from www.myatari.com :
--------------------------------------------------------
SUG507   PENS 1020 COLOR (set of 4 pens) 5.00
Atari 1020 Pens. These are brand new sealed pens we bought from Atari years ago before they closed. We open and test each pen before shipping. We find many of the pens are dried out and throw them away. You will get tested working pens. However due to the age we do not know how long they will work and do not warranty them. Also since we are running low we will only sell 3 sets per customer.

SUG507N   NEW PENS 1020 COLOR (set of 4 pens) 10.00
These are fresh made pens we are importing from Europe
--------------------------------------------------------
I assume the latter are the German medical equipment plotter pens we discussed earlier in this thread.

[RobertB]

1520 pen availability update from www.myatari.com

Ah, very interesting.  I know that Atari dealers, like myatari.com, have certain pieces that C= owners can use.

               Harking back to Classic Gaming Expos
               and seeing the Atari dealers there,
               Robert Bernardo
               Fresno Commodore User Group
               http://videocam.net.au/fcug
               The Other Group of Amigoids
               http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
               Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
               http://www.sccaners.org

[Mark Smith]

I still wish I could get my hands on a nice 1520 plotter ... not seen a single one come up for sale down here in NZ :-(

Anyone overseas got one surplus ?

Mark

[Blacklord]

I still wish I could get my hands on a nice 1520 plotter ... not seen a single one come up for sale down here in NZ :-(

Anyone overseas got one surplus ?

Mark

Me - with new pens - let me dig it out.

[da9000]

If you want a VIC-1520 printer/plotter in its original box, hurry:

http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=2266
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=54373

[da9000]

And to add something more useful to the thread (@airship, feel free to append to your fantastic initial post), here's the VIC-1520 Users Manual in PDF format:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z1TQ2V2A

Note: the above PDF differs slightly from the one that's with my 1520s which doesn't have a photo on the front page like this PDF does. If anyone wants to archive these differences/photos, here they are:
Mine looks like this: http://i.ebayimg.com/11/!Bz4!vBw!mk~$(KGrHqN,!gsE)CwPMcV+BM(4QQHrtw~~_1.JPG?set_id=880000500F
Above PDF looks like this: http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl/hkessels/boeken/picture/engels/e-pt-015k.jpg


Now does anyone have the service manual?

[airship]

Thanks for sharing. I haven't updated this thread in awhile, but Bombjack now has both versions of the user manual, as well as the technical manual, here.

[galaga]

I still wish I could get my hands on a nice 1520 plotter ... not seen a single one come up for sale down here in NZ :-(

Anyone overseas got one surplus ?

Mark

hey mark i have 3 all off trade me but all need gears
you buy some gears and i'll do a swap

[RobertB]

I still wish I could get my hands on a nice 1520 plotter ... not seen a single one come up for sale down here in NZ :-(

Anyone overseas got one surplus ?

I have extras.  However, they are deep in storage.  It would be awhile until I get to them.  Then I could test them out (and they run on 120v, 60Hz.).

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          http://videocam.net.au/fcug
          The Other Group of Amigoids
          http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
          http://www.sccaners.org