Pens for Atari, CBM and TRS plotters (was: atari printers)

[Philip Pemberton]

In message <3.0.6.16.20060602090016.34cfbfe0 at pop-server.cfl.rr.com>
          "Joe R." <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

>    FWIW I have a couple of Gould Digital Storage Scopes that have similar
> printers built into them. The printers appear to work but the pins dried up
> years ago. If anyone comes up with a replacement or fix for them I'd like
> to hear about it.

What about drilling out the innards of the pen, then installing the cut-down
guts of a fibre-tip ("fineliner") pen in its place?
You'd probably need a drill press and some form of mounting jig to get the
hole centred, and I've no doubt it would make a big mess, but it should be
doable. The only problem would be that the pen would likely dry out over
time, but I've seen fineliners that claim not to dry out if the cap is left
off...

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