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The [[Calcomp]] 565 drum [[plotter]], introduced in [[1959]] was one of the first [[computer graphics]] output devices sold. The [[computer]] could control (in small0.01 inch increments) the rotation of a 11 inch (280 mm) wide drum and the horizontal movement of a pen holder over the drum. A [[solenoid]] could press the pen against paper tapedscrolling toacross the drum. This arrangement allowed line drawings to be made under computer control. A version with a wider drum was also available.

[[IBM]] sold the Calcomp 565 as the '''IBM 1627''' for use with the [[IBM 1620]], and, later, the [[IBM 1130]] computers. It became perhaps the first non-IBM peripheral that IBM allowed to be attached to one of its computers.