???? – 1986retired
Apple Lisa
“First to click, priced to baffle, remembered fondly anyway.”
“It drew the line, in water or oil, right to the very end.”
The Apple 410 Color Plotter was Apples take on the color plotter, built on Yokogawas YEW PL-1000 and sold from 1983 to 1988. It drew in your choice of water- or oil-based inks, which is the kind of option that made it feel like a real tool rather than an accessory. Plug it into an Apple II with a Super Serial Card, or an Apple III, and it went to work.
By 1988, Apple retired it after five years of faithful pen-and-ink service. There was no scandal, just a quiet exit from the catalog. For those who watched it draw, line by patient line, it remains a fond memory of a time when printers took their sweet time and made something worth watching.
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“First to click, priced to baffle, remembered fondly anyway.”
“128 KB, three personalities, and one very good keyboard — it left with dignity.”
“It dialed out one last time and let White Knight take the call.”