Atari 1020
The Atari 1020 is a 4-color plotter that was sold by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 8-bit home computers from 1983 onwards.
The 1020 operated on the basis of a plotter mechanism manufactured by the ALPS company . The same mechanics formed the basis for various other low-cost plotters at that time, such as the Commodore 1520 , the Oric MCP-40, the Tandy / Radio Shack CGP-115. The Atari 1020 plotter was connected to the Atari 8-bit bus via the SIO interface.
The 1020 could print texts with 20, 40 or 80 characters as well as output graphics on a print width of 114 millimeters. The graphics were created using one of four colored pencils to draw lines. A combination of horizontal and vertical movements was used to create diagonal lines. In the smallest font size, up to 80 characters per line can be written at an acceptable speed for the time.
The plotter could be controlled via the Atari BASIC .