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EZ Writer
Viewed from a distance you could be forgiven for thinking that the Silver Reed EZ 20 is just another bland, beige, portable wedge. But you’d be wrong, or if not wrong, slightly narrow-minded. There’s...
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Sharp PA-3100S Instruction Guide
The nearest I could find to an Instruction Guide for the Sharp PA-3100 II … Sharp-PA3100S-Instruction-Guide PDF (3.8 MB). As far as I can tell its the same typewriter.
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Finger Gymnastics
Maschinenschreiben Textverarbeitung (Typing and word processing) by Bruno Behne and Albert Titze, Ferd. Dummlers Verlag, 1991), is a German textbook about “typing and word processing on conventional...
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Typing on the Moon
I was impressed by Sam Rockwell’s performance in the 2009 Sc-fi classic Moon. Early on in the story, the logo (and the name) of Sam’s employer Lunar Industries reminded me of Litton Industries:...
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RK-T Science
In terms of size, the Panasonic RK-T28 cupwheel electronic typewriter is one of those machines (reasonably lightweight and with a carry handle) that hover between the portable and compact categories....
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AT&T 6310 Instruction Guide
Manufactured by parent company Olivetti (who acquired AT&T in 1983) the AT&T 6310 compact electronic typewriter is a re-branded variant (I think) of the Olivetti CT-605 … According to ribbon...
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EX Machina 32
Introduced in October 1985, two years after the initial release of the Silver Reed EX-series (42, 43N, 44, and 55), Silver Reed EX (30, 32¹, 34, 34N, 35, 36) portable electronic typewriters were meant...
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Silver Reed EX-32 Operating Manual
The operating manual for the Silver Reed EX-32 portable electronic typewriter is more extensive than the operating manual for the larger EX-42, partly due to the fact it has a Centronics-compatible...
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On the Topic of the Top-tronic
I erred (see tag line ↑) in a 2015 post “Letters from Nakajima” by assuming that the Hermes Top-tronic 15 was made by Nakajima. In fact, the”Top-tronics” 15, 15-1 and 16. were made by Japanese...
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Daf Punkt
It’s the dealer stickers on a plastic wedge that make a mass produced machine a little more unique. Sometimes a sticker may have been added by a previous owner to personalise it. The one that came with...
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Canon Fodder (Part Eight)
The Canon S-300 (introduced in March 1987 and also sold as the UTAX T-3300) occupies the same ambiguous “portable-compact” territory as machines like the Brother CE-70. Functionality-wise, it sits at...
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A Serious Machine
This Brother AX-550 portable electronic typewriter punches well above its weight (said weight being 4.5 kg and noticeably lighter than my Brother AX-10 or Brother AX-30. No doubt, cheaper construction...
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Orphan Black
Of course, I knew Juki 2100 and 2200 portable electronic typewriters took an Olivetti Praxis compatible ribbon (and a TA Triumph-Adler print wheel, and quacked like a duck, see my Juki New Year blog...
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Tapping the Keys
I stumbled across this while searching for something else … It makes for interesting reading (I downloaded a copy onto my Kindle for just a few dollars). From approximately 1976 to 1984, the Soviet...
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Smith Corona’s Death Star
At the very last, Smith Corona VTX- and DTX- series (and Samsung-manufactured “Wordsmith”) portable electronic typewriters bore the (Sun) logo of Smith Corona Office Supplies … Which literally shows...
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The Wheelwriter Write-off Write-up
Ever wondered (like me) what was underneath the plastic shell of an IBM Wheelwriter? One reason why these machines are so bulky is they contain what appear to be the skeletal remains of an IBM...
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EX Machina 32
Introduced in October 1985, two years after the initial release of the Silver Reed EX-series (42, 43N, 44, and 55), Silver Reed EX (30, 32¹, 34, 34N, 35, 36) portable electronic typewriters were meant...
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Sharp Thinking
Released circa September 1991, Sharp’s “second generation” 3000 Series of PA (Personal Automation) portable electronic typewriters are smaller and lighter than their predecessors … Above, a single...
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Paradigm Shifts Down Under
My copy of Paradigm Shifts: Typewritten Tales of Digital Collapse has landed down under … The book is in the typewriter, the typewriter is in the book.
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