tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86556537841221317542024-03-18T20:37:22.954-04:00The Typewriter Revolution blogOne typist's exploration of typewriting in the 21st century. By the author of The Typewriter Revolution.Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comBlogger1336125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-50639330407458159422024-03-18T15:50:00.003-04:002024-03-18T15:53:54.952-04:00VinukondaI was paging through the first volume of my journal today and was delighted to find this story, written by hand on February 8, 1982. I had forgotten its details and didn't know whether a copy still existed. I decided to type it up on my trusty RNP7 and publish it in a way I couldn't have imagined back then.<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">When I wrote this story, I was 17 years old. I'd been reading Borges and Cortázar. The name Vinukonda came from a small dot on a page of a world atlas. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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I haven't bought a 19th-century typewriter for years—much less a big one—but this was so pretty that I couldn't resist. It's in near-mint condition, with the original pinstripes and hand-painted details. There's even an original purple ribbon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAMijklhhBfE6Zkm-Rwij1R-ulf0hIyLvAzgnOFZ95cXMGs66aEj2KofYUaM8eppc4T01IlLIEaRTSJJPAE54AQLW03tWmOgBCnsBqr_suqi3fct5Lf6K3-ea1pUe6W0Gs0xzkzyh3Yojg0i_Ebuzy6bjtwu9A0oMyhHdEDTg8I7PtbvGJYgtb4KTrPpVb" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2740" data-original-width="2688" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAMijklhhBfE6Zkm-Rwij1R-ulf0hIyLvAzgnOFZ95cXMGs66aEj2KofYUaM8eppc4T01IlLIEaRTSJJPAE54AQLW03tWmOgBCnsBqr_suqi3fct5Lf6K3-ea1pUe6W0Gs0xzkzyh3Yojg0i_Ebuzy6bjtwu9A0oMyhHdEDTg8I7PtbvGJYgtb4KTrPpVb=w627-h640" width="627" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwveLlORaxZKY1u3Eaxf2D4zMDoEY-0rVRVl5_RD-GWXBjTVjmxgKRWO-CccnV5Slo9uOYtqabUebJONUYoqFICcy3CdrkTpAsPJcb8Yp9oKWONfdWOduUXzBfkmRMK-MkwBYhQtH7W0wx-jW0bPzjkrJfAR_qfqSUa1QlDaZhxvkyxgQHcDEJp-Ryqm3c" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This serial number looks like 8113:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg38Mi_nVshK2F6mVkyrz_wgjhGy0086cB9_uhBRdhbEmtLijG_S4VDVbZIdnYekC48QUJK4k1ObjfoyL7TIRz7eNsm-IM1h-hr7LzOvjGOeZC09Ops78UbWnSa-25ZFG_UJZKIPXsnv7baPc5ur-YT9-n6Yr0BYFK4Fgb7zBYXGBRLN-PYBkNE9HkKMrPS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1938" data-original-width="1938" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg38Mi_nVshK2F6mVkyrz_wgjhGy0086cB9_uhBRdhbEmtLijG_S4VDVbZIdnYekC48QUJK4k1ObjfoyL7TIRz7eNsm-IM1h-hr7LzOvjGOeZC09Ops78UbWnSa-25ZFG_UJZKIPXsnv7baPc5ur-YT9-n6Yr0BYFK4Fgb7zBYXGBRLN-PYBkNE9HkKMrPS=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But note the 6113 painted inside the front frame:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVjEqFmS2uvJYoyZoMq3L86WAsWcSMwD15gxo9_VjAUktHK5guDvuSxbKpU9I9zWMEn9Bism8-bHkafYapPpluJ4dlut8SaV22K-NcpN3BG3lEhOY9ElR_ejU2765YtTpragsaDB8FRUiBcNFJXzohOdT7rmYJuKayKWJzjdnuJVAUOA8PDD8Z2ZFd3grH" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3069" data-original-width="2587" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVjEqFmS2uvJYoyZoMq3L86WAsWcSMwD15gxo9_VjAUktHK5guDvuSxbKpU9I9zWMEn9Bism8-bHkafYapPpluJ4dlut8SaV22K-NcpN3BG3lEhOY9ElR_ejU2765YtTpragsaDB8FRUiBcNFJXzohOdT7rmYJuKayKWJzjdnuJVAUOA8PDD8Z2ZFd3grH=w539-h640" width="539" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjux3x9OL0pLXVe-io0DhsIB72Mwu4RaLrY4db1xIECIqkDex2fYCTuYcAsOhR8IuP5DC2EdJrAYxnrts7MOPr1jyNxbr663YIEV9M6k_iJvZ9KaaHbseAatOCUKgyrD2B-n2EOuYs2Q1LBIM3UeaewLTVOKwXtJ08L_342ysNY_zB4F3XOtBPNCZRaAGeh" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3236" data-original-width="2923" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhV2O5ms2r6ayiWgif4DMKX2J-EmYA7jkoi81q9nAES6xsBzoLsrPPbNnyyq7702YWXS49CR6x03mPavAKZ1I1xYZNpL-RL4dqp6ulJow4X56rGMQNdLd3dtqbMmCqDQ-POk27C2MjwzJwJTQGmjLkVBSiczIvPb7qjzeIYNODVy6AcVkGY9XsD_LyjpPeD=w579-h640" width="579" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That interesting notched wheel is part of the ribbon mechanism. As the carriage moves, the shaft of the ribbon spools moves horizontally, and the wheel turns one notch, ensuring that the entire 1.25-inch-wide ribbon is used in a zigzag pattern.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqlHNi2Osuw3F8N8ymDgWnizQDDzNb8yHC34eESx38NDbogBs2quDpKc28SpjaTtKkjV9vMLQIUER3XMSkZx1Be6aEcEvDGSYa-seO9tU71GbU5Wsd7pY2lG8jGXdaS68WxuNaFAv1_0TN3jBbmplAZjV1jPoAbsUmo1LiBwcbTbjA6G6Ul-ZqrbyiRKGx" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3827" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqlHNi2Osuw3F8N8ymDgWnizQDDzNb8yHC34eESx38NDbogBs2quDpKc28SpjaTtKkjV9vMLQIUER3XMSkZx1Be6aEcEvDGSYa-seO9tU71GbU5Wsd7pY2lG8jGXdaS68WxuNaFAv1_0TN3jBbmplAZjV1jPoAbsUmo1LiBwcbTbjA6G6Ul-ZqrbyiRKGx=w507-h640" width="507" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take a look:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxvoTEkE2SlYlvu7uYPMAyWMrqkiNSbX8JXDftTthJSbXW8QWQu6s63Smu5SR5sBrws76fKIgAlCtZ2-DdwiQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The name of the company still reflects its initial, disastrous attempt to market a typewriter that could print two characters at once. <a href="https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/duplex.html" target="_blank">The Duplex</a> is one of the rarest collectible machines.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLz7km-hvRMwAIAU2PgFsJJZzaCAUaHo2PXXG28LdqzIwMUlE7_Prib-PwPLRBJcSlg2GxAbeCZySk3mkV_xjzEH0t7m-L-cDcjuzc5Ci7LBItGd5C7MShAgeBAjfRcplCdi7BXTT2GLKnTbDaXtgF3kZsaaatuPLUIjxS6wlL5R7EivEV0VqryjFz7NDK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2890" data-original-width="2568" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLz7km-hvRMwAIAU2PgFsJJZzaCAUaHo2PXXG28LdqzIwMUlE7_Prib-PwPLRBJcSlg2GxAbeCZySk3mkV_xjzEH0t7m-L-cDcjuzc5Ci7LBItGd5C7MShAgeBAjfRcplCdi7BXTT2GLKnTbDaXtgF3kZsaaatuPLUIjxS6wlL5R7EivEV0VqryjFz7NDK=w568-h640" width="568" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-61937996747746978862024-03-09T12:40:00.001-05:002024-03-09T12:40:24.881-05:00One weird trick for making a cotter pin<p>The left Magic Margin stop on a customer's Royal Quiet De Luxe wasn't working. When I peeked at it, the problem was evident.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqvC77zYT88SUo6E64NIIT7RvWj_7Xs3XuEhWfpSOQ-ljbpvnysG6ScdWycQ_zpMXxtewNfqszEcgO5LdnZ3GXVuVP9_ETLrEZ9iDlbr8Gd0AZU3STwPBDloJgFajuSJCDrF1Ssb-cACYubNjEO-frmu4V_q41Xz9KVFNWNSQl_OVT8e7tXdJQO5huu1AV" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqvC77zYT88SUo6E64NIIT7RvWj_7Xs3XuEhWfpSOQ-ljbpvnysG6ScdWycQ_zpMXxtewNfqszEcgO5LdnZ3GXVuVP9_ETLrEZ9iDlbr8Gd0AZU3STwPBDloJgFajuSJCDrF1Ssb-cACYubNjEO-frmu4V_q41Xz9KVFNWNSQl_OVT8e7tXdJQO5huu1AV=s16000" /></a></p><p>I removed the carriage's back panel and took a closer look.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhsVkQ_nxFnC5ddoDGCxq0vY95ajoNIJ073IltLk3t8yfXA8nY4qH_ISXGcr-O4mpSi9ci7pW0zGN904H56iKAIeYg2O0xYbhAFilDQSNiWbnHOo71e5Rui1nFSEUlTNvz55B89vqdyVP5GpJPCKWdzJ-ARFhRgq2GaBz8fWWMqhj3qdPx-T16OmePvNEU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhsVkQ_nxFnC5ddoDGCxq0vY95ajoNIJ073IltLk3t8yfXA8nY4qH_ISXGcr-O4mpSi9ci7pW0zGN904H56iKAIeYg2O0xYbhAFilDQSNiWbnHOo71e5Rui1nFSEUlTNvz55B89vqdyVP5GpJPCKWdzJ-ARFhRgq2GaBz8fWWMqhj3qdPx-T16OmePvNEU=s16000" /></a></p><p>Evidently, the device had lost a screw like the one you can see here on the right margin stop.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvPpGj_cPA1EwTWseImuJHlxQRaMYJuRjT3OqjfBhmtjqpVT849VZZM-TKaEnc74SQzOb5cO5h_uP2lIEaQgavH3ITfafrHblzXQuzo3IYg87viOgPzs_WYQo-vuJ04LqwSUe92dwkpSRGj_3_8Rl71XF6Dt_nFL9NXaGfO-XrSr65HfAuI-YHFPBdxwZu" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvPpGj_cPA1EwTWseImuJHlxQRaMYJuRjT3OqjfBhmtjqpVT849VZZM-TKaEnc74SQzOb5cO5h_uP2lIEaQgavH3ITfafrHblzXQuzo3IYg87viOgPzs_WYQo-vuJ04LqwSUe92dwkpSRGj_3_8Rl71XF6Dt_nFL9NXaGfO-XrSr65HfAuI-YHFPBdxwZu=s16000" /></a></p><p>Did I have such a screw? No. But I realized that the problem might be solvable with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_pin" target="_blank">cotter pin, also known as a split pin</a>.</p><p>Here's where the magic of paper clips comes in. They are easy to bend, but very unlikely to break unless you bend them repeatedly back and forth. I've used them to replace the C-shaped links that connect the type lever to the typebar on Olympia portables. I realized I could also use a paper clip to make a cotter pin. Using pliers, I bent the wire around a thin cylinder (the shaft of a spring hook) to create a loop. One end of the cotter pin should extend farther than the other, to make it easier to insert it into a small hole and easier to bend the tip once it's through the hole. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtrUMC-x_LfWJXJxCfX2OZS08xclljGTxjZ7mdRudKjs9SQ1jNGU-3keW9BHwGTJxhZwque6su3JRZuv6z598Jhq8e0BVfKnFjZGjuzc3LwG09fHk2Tt-reevuAquZ3nKuqgJBiHoDmlVNTmKvIWfnXrJ72Kt-26hcCMI1w3AWBw2_Oq4b_XMoVKyua1sY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtrUMC-x_LfWJXJxCfX2OZS08xclljGTxjZ7mdRudKjs9SQ1jNGU-3keW9BHwGTJxhZwque6su3JRZuv6z598Jhq8e0BVfKnFjZGjuzc3LwG09fHk2Tt-reevuAquZ3nKuqgJBiHoDmlVNTmKvIWfnXrJ72Kt-26hcCMI1w3AWBw2_Oq4b_XMoVKyua1sY=s16000" /></a></p><p>The next step was to line up the holes in the margin stop, placing the spring onto the right end of the lower piece.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLDYYg79YVGkRRrYiC22CM-XdaIrjN5H6tT0PqwLafvzleERtEPAjel4VLniGSs8WOwizYsUVSyy1bwmR0z71IWenR0K79mU6Woebcgq3d6hWJAlVdnMnYjha5UFtlRrIBS24BiVtLDK--LdP1IMHG9DEzGqMgES76TT_qJa84EOs14nHhVNnrLHcQ4IPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLDYYg79YVGkRRrYiC22CM-XdaIrjN5H6tT0PqwLafvzleERtEPAjel4VLniGSs8WOwizYsUVSyy1bwmR0z71IWenR0K79mU6Woebcgq3d6hWJAlVdnMnYjha5UFtlRrIBS24BiVtLDK--LdP1IMHG9DEzGqMgES76TT_qJa84EOs14nHhVNnrLHcQ4IPG=s16000" /></a></p><p>I worked the cotter pin through the holes, and then used a screwdriver to bend the tip of the pin.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNwSalRS3JA3Opbp4Kc1lTm8y372lIhkxg4Bm4SQb5Ht8jpjLfRnmy6wvelI32cEUmgOjHmDHh-uPP3rUyOV5Vga7zUIX9QHvfJ_3wl3KiU4bHdPoTr9BhhSwEkgD-DBBDo0wnYyMVh1UExTSdz0nuwzeg2WmW3gD_KEDdv2eU1n-lou_ZqqzC8RSpeAeU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNwSalRS3JA3Opbp4Kc1lTm8y372lIhkxg4Bm4SQb5Ht8jpjLfRnmy6wvelI32cEUmgOjHmDHh-uPP3rUyOV5Vga7zUIX9QHvfJ_3wl3KiU4bHdPoTr9BhhSwEkgD-DBBDo0wnYyMVh1UExTSdz0nuwzeg2WmW3gD_KEDdv2eU1n-lou_ZqqzC8RSpeAeU=s16000" /></a></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The pin holds just fine, and the margin stop is fully functional again. Job done!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrD9Sf21vF3oj9XPHZkNctWWOpGuql9aoafr7Ze6S_uy2-HSgpU6xdFgOTOTNzCbFhNdONRtT3Zg8SaBuC352OklKQMTlr5xxWrED2CUG-9mr5erF9hF3JkruwOCGDhQu4lekAy5Yd3TRGk4idNCridz6aok1be6VwxfZT6al2h_QQuYtbq1LQMvHMlQrt" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrD9Sf21vF3oj9XPHZkNctWWOpGuql9aoafr7Ze6S_uy2-HSgpU6xdFgOTOTNzCbFhNdONRtT3Zg8SaBuC352OklKQMTlr5xxWrED2CUG-9mr5erF9hF3JkruwOCGDhQu4lekAy5Yd3TRGk4idNCridz6aok1be6VwxfZT6al2h_QQuYtbq1LQMvHMlQrt=s16000" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-59660447707136296382024-03-07T18:26:00.002-05:002024-03-08T07:42:18.894-05:00An Imperial telegrapher's typewriter<p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to Leicester Museum and Galleries for permission to publish these photos of an extraordinary Imperial portable, made in Leicester. This is a Model T, serial 2N 634 (1940), with a three-row telegrapher's keyboard. You can click on any photo to see a high-resolution image.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjl6TMDpMaFqDzH0a2G54TgWEVuCanCQWaz5vi82OaxYtEZWuqFa402HhrmCdwgBZaJ7IBlidrTIG0CHQ6sXTIF0x_sq4Go0NVcixj4DWN7MeBisVv4ZR1mtYOyRnDtBk_f0UmrVKssKeDya5TwSeVrSy6M4y8oKJGPim-f7thu0vG5Hh_d2PeYtVVC4Re9" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2878" data-original-width="3024" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjl6TMDpMaFqDzH0a2G54TgWEVuCanCQWaz5vi82OaxYtEZWuqFa402HhrmCdwgBZaJ7IBlidrTIG0CHQ6sXTIF0x_sq4Go0NVcixj4DWN7MeBisVv4ZR1mtYOyRnDtBk_f0UmrVKssKeDya5TwSeVrSy6M4y8oKJGPim-f7thu0vG5Hh_d2PeYtVVC4Re9=w640-h610" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the back, there is room for a roll of paper.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3OS5Kn_FS5ZjLgH-RkGHnjc-vACAZ9eSHjv4Qqs-CAGDYTkwjqTE3AaG8fTdSbRk8DSrqT3rPC_QGzsuomhR3cqyNuey7Lxb9O4hd4mtMfbjXLzbKNsQ5opr6rEkgigCxSV5vVrOpmc2B_RMK0dRoOQFdaJNABDp0W0mm4dvCi1-Iu36wlqgnl9GBFwBh" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="4002" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3OS5Kn_FS5ZjLgH-RkGHnjc-vACAZ9eSHjv4Qqs-CAGDYTkwjqTE3AaG8fTdSbRk8DSrqT3rPC_QGzsuomhR3cqyNuey7Lxb9O4hd4mtMfbjXLzbKNsQ5opr6rEkgigCxSV5vVrOpmc2B_RMK0dRoOQFdaJNABDp0W0mm4dvCi1-Iu36wlqgnl9GBFwBh=w640-h422" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The keyboard includes a FIGS shift on the left and a LTRS key to return the carriage to the unshifted position. </div><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGlXD0WsE49ZQ2MJF58EWsFgrRNCcAIQHI8tbx_H1p0B076nj7Mu7ZFyoEuQJ2Dw68bNixai-LulCQ_Rd2bN6S-HjVOw3bCskrWCFypKIFaH47EDUJK-ojPCKBksqUe14lhhRDdCtiQM6FRohyF00-Xry6PsDnS4UylOdKGToZ8ceEug9V56hdwlg0vhhu" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2796" data-original-width="4032" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGlXD0WsE49ZQ2MJF58EWsFgrRNCcAIQHI8tbx_H1p0B076nj7Mu7ZFyoEuQJ2Dw68bNixai-LulCQ_Rd2bN6S-HjVOw3bCskrWCFypKIFaH47EDUJK-ojPCKBksqUe14lhhRDdCtiQM6FRohyF00-Xry6PsDnS4UylOdKGToZ8ceEug9V56hdwlg0vhhu=w640-h444" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">The CAR RET key is mysterious, as one would presumably use the usual lever to return the carriage. The lever with the arrow is for setting tab stops, as explained on page 9 of <a href="https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/IGCTmanual.pdf" target="_blank">the user's manual for the Model T</a>. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFdD1sXST1IohRz0fRkEgoqZn8JpOh36gwHcA6f-DAwv1myw2f51-lG3VIf0IuwmKKgFDN85SCPKXRTQMrGI3GTRgs20ArvD24aKabuHMnC-rX6ahmeuna35TWz2YyNMLfG3vdvALbE0DlyuiHyEJQ29Py0pWZ0R9BeQEOZIAguqwW8g3AHO7rqXPbugcr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFdD1sXST1IohRz0fRkEgoqZn8JpOh36gwHcA6f-DAwv1myw2f51-lG3VIf0IuwmKKgFDN85SCPKXRTQMrGI3GTRgs20ArvD24aKabuHMnC-rX6ahmeuna35TWz2YyNMLfG3vdvALbE0DlyuiHyEJQ29Py0pWZ0R9BeQEOZIAguqwW8g3AHO7rqXPbugcr=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">As you can see, each type slug includes a sans-serif capital letter on the bottom and a figure on the top. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb9oriOZzBbfrJL5Apb01gyliBfFfH6Wh1xerrtGj80elN0Cu6-IazThEPnglsodx_edIZq2V-FYHul1v0pMB3xrY95d2hWcb7OFAqwPTNNlZh3XwJCy0NlDT21H-pr0K_NHN1m2iJ1cxBLs72COVl9uZIcPHDQ1y7F_TTiV3qgfXsYrXE6EIk4emFqmgY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb9oriOZzBbfrJL5Apb01gyliBfFfH6Wh1xerrtGj80elN0Cu6-IazThEPnglsodx_edIZq2V-FYHul1v0pMB3xrY95d2hWcb7OFAqwPTNNlZh3XwJCy0NlDT21H-pr0K_NHN1m2iJ1cxBLs72COVl9uZIcPHDQ1y7F_TTiV3qgfXsYrXE6EIk4emFqmgY=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I do wonder why telegraphers would prefer a three-bank typewriter that required you to shift for figures over a four-bank typewriter. Many standard-sized telegrapher's "mills" were four-bank machines, after all. Perhaps the three-bank design saved some weight.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For more examples of telegrapher's typewriters, <a href="https://writingball.blogspot.com/search/label/telegraphic" target="_blank">click here</a>.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-72896136608332324202024-02-22T11:44:00.001-05:002024-02-22T11:44:57.117-05:00When analog is better than digital<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgy1DVNzaxWcAjClfHYkJEC2BCFuL9tWU9NkdcOTufiDsSxMvySkimtaeDRxTteLPk0WeCtoUcipjfEGP9AvxNVwAWZajyvqWnM1ozQt3FSa3t1C3yA2Tdn23oAGuQLAhw2Y1iV2Nof6rmMDpSuFfIaF2RWvx1A-cLz9WbVQuDHiuVniq522GDSOUeUXuut" style="margin-left: 1em; 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At least, so I understand; sadly, I never got the opportunity to visit the shop myself. Now owners Charlie May and Vern Trampe have closed the shop, after 59 years in business (see more great information and photos in a <a href="https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/business/maplewood-typewriter-repair-store-closes-it-s-the-last-of-its-type/article_d0cc8c52-aa7a-11ee-a521-eb8128e24b9a.html" target="_blank"><i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch </i>story</a>).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlCvEw4ewl8Xi8mVOPDJk_gXq6xVGmygIWdDX4EwI_6R_k4uTTTz6YFvA_UIOT1vOr0VvDeToWGCf7iliBGK3awzYTGTvt0MK_ajYcjWB0aWxmxnPAHFOH8dfFBSo7ZJs23V17DbZYjR6PhdPWZLZw4175aeKDkSKDJLyJIU0c-6-KLo5auCvMVcPGEY2e" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="768" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlCvEw4ewl8Xi8mVOPDJk_gXq6xVGmygIWdDX4EwI_6R_k4uTTTz6YFvA_UIOT1vOr0VvDeToWGCf7iliBGK3awzYTGTvt0MK_ajYcjWB0aWxmxnPAHFOH8dfFBSo7ZJs23V17DbZYjR6PhdPWZLZw4175aeKDkSKDJLyJIU0c-6-KLo5auCvMVcPGEY2e=w640-h416" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvnGSG3_svj5kxRvbm1eY3kpytoyvLvQsBBMwlBYwqRoDZlNwFgxqngbhtYKnwRiiX7BTroe67WRKgtXCtgmaarXe44MYtZ852MM_nWsgQgHdjVK_BcsyOhl7dBm5ymVSfQ1q4nLynobY9JBZgLXhM_mPFaxoszS_6rilf9WSYmrWuWo-9b4ZpT3KQu6IA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvnGSG3_svj5kxRvbm1eY3kpytoyvLvQsBBMwlBYwqRoDZlNwFgxqngbhtYKnwRiiX7BTroe67WRKgtXCtgmaarXe44MYtZ852MM_nWsgQgHdjVK_BcsyOhl7dBm5ymVSfQ1q4nLynobY9JBZgLXhM_mPFaxoszS_6rilf9WSYmrWuWo-9b4ZpT3KQu6IA=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However, a new typewriter business is arising to fill the demand: Clickety Clack! Owned by husband and wife Shane and Amanda Byrne, who plan to open their own brick-and-mortar location in Rolla, Missouri, CC promises to keep MO clicking for years to come. Shane has been apprenticing at Jones, and the Byrnes have bought most of the shop's inventory.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS6KjOD-rQVgdHPdWlHXQcsuZeK3Q4EMsQ_qFw9VsFwiw5HUpdChJzAOg5WOr_MTioxfa4Qvk2me7F53JAd9HgESmdml5H_mOkM54ACsJExx2yD6HGmybXxyqYqsFh9Io38x3ejG9x5MWyMpOq43urR1PP4LxTe3nP-rKOE1ssTaPUl7wsNvUg-HUXF2gK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS6KjOD-rQVgdHPdWlHXQcsuZeK3Q4EMsQ_qFw9VsFwiw5HUpdChJzAOg5WOr_MTioxfa4Qvk2me7F53JAd9HgESmdml5H_mOkM54ACsJExx2yD6HGmybXxyqYqsFh9Io38x3ejG9x5MWyMpOq43urR1PP4LxTe3nP-rKOE1ssTaPUl7wsNvUg-HUXF2gK=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo by Wesley B.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To judge from <a href="https://www.phelpscountyfocus.com/article_f87f84fc-c1fe-11ee-84e3-5f567c630898.html" target="_blank">a story in <i>Phelps County Focus</i></a> (only the opening three paragraphs are available online), the Byrnes have a tidy aesthetic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXTCjKFSYNquHngiww8W3rBalmceT-GOi0mP1b5aQKhHh5EiHcAK-JmsviLpn8HgRtqNucD3bNGq2vXI-3TKH3t8GBu2xvsedmuRAU24PhEwe4XJmubY0I9RUN2cOKIXz2pE9SeHB0_OV2adxphwvw0dnukCOonhXHqI6UH8KvAVYEiNRf-2wIfnFtbKl_" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXTCjKFSYNquHngiww8W3rBalmceT-GOi0mP1b5aQKhHh5EiHcAK-JmsviLpn8HgRtqNucD3bNGq2vXI-3TKH3t8GBu2xvsedmuRAU24PhEwe4XJmubY0I9RUN2cOKIXz2pE9SeHB0_OV2adxphwvw0dnukCOonhXHqI6UH8KvAVYEiNRf-2wIfnFtbKl_=s16000" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They sponsored a type-in in Rolla last weekend. Insurgent correspondent Wesley B. offers us these glimpses.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNab7Hsqm30kmiXOQlTBw3_tojMY5HrTEDWTO0nKv6i_7I08Uz3cKCLyIyynKkCNziDkCeKwABuamU_rNTL8VuPv00kFoi1L90YktG0IjKC1B-VgPrOa9nCWgNOQsc_yWVyBPPuqIdcZ7qqIwE70YYWODTBbEjXNy9lIRIGWUG870xplfuk0DzZiTW_cFG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNab7Hsqm30kmiXOQlTBw3_tojMY5HrTEDWTO0nKv6i_7I08Uz3cKCLyIyynKkCNziDkCeKwABuamU_rNTL8VuPv00kFoi1L90YktG0IjKC1B-VgPrOa9nCWgNOQsc_yWVyBPPuqIdcZ7qqIwE70YYWODTBbEjXNy9lIRIGWUG870xplfuk0DzZiTW_cFG=s16000" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilivMO3Xu_524ZLD1uBmhnDQudgYJeTmWCtTiaBhsoP8l7eOtS6fQUWRpjfjUZeH9Ydx3u35ACa6HmJ7gj4cDNcspviBY08vZ0G_NhMKj99Ys8-RjsTTbOzdyiAGnJ9KKNhZqbQxUEhrmmRNh8swBzImWMOk4cEM6T5g33NEKSvQ-p9QD4OY_O-38AIBFU" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Typewriters are still a thing, nearly a quarter of the way into the 21st century—and you're going to help prove it.</div><br /> <p></p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-59498924577595571312024-02-10T20:51:00.004-05:002024-02-10T20:51:39.748-05:00I'm a star in Saskatoon<p>Well, sorta.</p><p>Many bits of my recent conversation with reporter Kevin Mitchell of the <i>Saskatoon Star-Phoenix</i> (now there's a proper newspaper name for you) made it into <a href="https://thestarphoenix.com/feature/this-is-my-destiny-a-clattering-tale-about-typewriters-and-the-people-who-have-loved-and-hated-them" target="_blank">his recent article</a>. There's even a selfie I sent him.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8duEJYgEfevl2w1ifPjJe5Un-MqmJapJnkyZ8s3bTHaYh8tC_5CnaoqYi-L4R6Gif1pkXR8DVkchB6cRJ0Un1reytwl3n9s5kzov3O0Mz1Pr2SxustDaxmBUvBE9yElpYmD_gNXLXZDPBD52VrVTrgTEWN08JNOWVfWCOsr1_KobkVkXeZ-GKmO8Tuyc2/s2400/img_8405.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2318" data-original-width="2400" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8duEJYgEfevl2w1ifPjJe5Un-MqmJapJnkyZ8s3bTHaYh8tC_5CnaoqYi-L4R6Gif1pkXR8DVkchB6cRJ0Un1reytwl3n9s5kzov3O0Mz1Pr2SxustDaxmBUvBE9yElpYmD_gNXLXZDPBD52VrVTrgTEWN08JNOWVfWCOsr1_KobkVkXeZ-GKmO8Tuyc2/w445-h431/img_8405.jpg.webp" width="445" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I mention in the article, back in the early days of this blog I acquired a <a href="https://writingball.blogspot.com/2011/03/speedwriter-from-saskatoon.html" target="_blank">Speedwriter from Saskatoon</a>. I'm happy to make another connection to Saskatchewan.</div><br /><p></p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-56090804964594834262024-01-26T11:01:00.003-05:002024-01-26T11:04:34.614-05:00A new frontier in fake typewriters<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My eye was just caught by this item on eBay. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg66JNwXISJ-ZshVJ-LucIZQ8i-KOhuUerrm4OEnEIdOBwRAQrI9Tnn8WWMeMmvEvuo4_-YBTld2tOLKfDxDT3cFIe71dCm14gJXWJ9dNwOadIqAOdDTvc9CeGjZvHF68tVqrGGJq168y3QEPktIDP5nPVmVjlYIqO84nDzM9LfGlPiI1gPUszf00YW3qKl" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1059" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg66JNwXISJ-ZshVJ-LucIZQ8i-KOhuUerrm4OEnEIdOBwRAQrI9Tnn8WWMeMmvEvuo4_-YBTld2tOLKfDxDT3cFIe71dCm14gJXWJ9dNwOadIqAOdDTvc9CeGjZvHF68tVqrGGJq168y3QEPktIDP5nPVmVjlYIqO84nDzM9LfGlPiI1gPUszf00YW3qKl=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><p></p><p>It's a contemporary agglomeration based on an old clock and an Ideal-keyboard Hammond typewriter, like this one <a href="https://typewriterdatabase.com/189x-hammond-2.19566.typewriter" target="_blank">from Geoff Flash's collection</a>.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQc667WptxcrCbMYxbudgGga7at1lD3VhW7wqXllzIb807-b_VMAXMrHkTNFWtUZYsmd_HmwpXua3dcY7m1wWhcjFEjmAzwzcfVf8sPiAyd9EL2kdJY4Omw_joWizxk6QZcqtc-f_rExxmYx-X0Jk4fUNXKkxSmG4aL3eGCbszmwOxjL8RiDntrZkbN-ZR" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="555" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQc667WptxcrCbMYxbudgGga7at1lD3VhW7wqXllzIb807-b_VMAXMrHkTNFWtUZYsmd_HmwpXua3dcY7m1wWhcjFEjmAzwzcfVf8sPiAyd9EL2kdJY4Omw_joWizxk6QZcqtc-f_rExxmYx-X0Jk4fUNXKkxSmG4aL3eGCbszmwOxjL8RiDntrZkbN-ZR=w563-h640" width="563" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The intricacy and oddity of the "typewriter" clock almost make me suspect that its design was generated by AI, but I think it's more likely that it was created by some Chinese designer who was looking for ways to appeal to the insatiable Western hunger for antiquity.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdcoy-YXhm63kXFzx9rpV5ohb6X-pA-B4dNxYU6eIZTKGV7EPhzfGi9GddC5dQ7kbCDcvnaT2-7V85bZmlbI9Ks43aLV9k6Nk2klqoGfYwdF_vm8s5GwUMlJYajc6hkavlPcDvFSfzTUUdSH6fxTficA5XJ_jym2UEz4syLEXu1R6Ooi5Zcn2k1-5USymX" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="595" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdcoy-YXhm63kXFzx9rpV5ohb6X-pA-B4dNxYU6eIZTKGV7EPhzfGi9GddC5dQ7kbCDcvnaT2-7V85bZmlbI9Ks43aLV9k6Nk2klqoGfYwdF_vm8s5GwUMlJYajc6hkavlPcDvFSfzTUUdSH6fxTficA5XJ_jym2UEz4syLEXu1R6Ooi5Zcn2k1-5USymX=w237-h640" width="237" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9gfhk-F0APvuCcG4m1D8C8Xetk27zy-12BkuQC7vuZDOYp9Th8FVoA0K6sEqXbbTVD0S4Stez2HKZYoA80GvWFdXKx_-J04_4CMMQurZt3Q3rpREaQz_CsQ-b-oid0emGTON4SQ7aCMP3mGqT4GYRALp1QsrGs9AuboclXuMxoPegU14kcNLeMkwBIKs4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1569" data-original-width="1600" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9gfhk-F0APvuCcG4m1D8C8Xetk27zy-12BkuQC7vuZDOYp9Th8FVoA0K6sEqXbbTVD0S4Stez2HKZYoA80GvWFdXKx_-J04_4CMMQurZt3Q3rpREaQz_CsQ-b-oid0emGTON4SQ7aCMP3mGqT4GYRALp1QsrGs9AuboclXuMxoPegU14kcNLeMkwBIKs4=w320-h314" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Tacky? Yes. Illogical? Yes. Nevertheless, kinda cool as yet another sign of the durable appeal of typewriters. Would you agree?</p><p>PS: If you want the object, <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/176207848063" target="_blank">go for it</a>.</p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-74160150598807161482024-01-23T08:05:00.002-05:002024-01-23T08:07:24.008-05:00Happy National Handwriting Day<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinzXMtFpS6OELnaY_lgp3Hl0xEaJvuoMycDE9ibmaF-eDglvXksnclBbwSSZkEC0eMdMNIEV_BXwN2PXSujDpbo9S8P9Je_pb1BPJ0UnnS7CQPAo_iZvPxiFem5nPphO3rXVfL2jj1-H3wnMllwu9xc6F7HHy9QZbrUwxg3UlO4z6oubF6jJnck1X4suJ8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinzXMtFpS6OELnaY_lgp3Hl0xEaJvuoMycDE9ibmaF-eDglvXksnclBbwSSZkEC0eMdMNIEV_BXwN2PXSujDpbo9S8P9Je_pb1BPJ0UnnS7CQPAo_iZvPxiFem5nPphO3rXVfL2jj1-H3wnMllwu9xc6F7HHy9QZbrUwxg3UlO4z6oubF6jJnck1X4suJ8=s16000" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-28730151912590382532024-01-04T20:38:00.003-05:002024-01-04T20:40:06.767-05:00First typewriter safari of 2024<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today I visited a couple of local antique malls and spotted the following typewriters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've seen photos of the Tomy's Tutor Typer before, but don't think I've actually tried one before today. Note how what looks like a keyboard actually consists of only three blocks of linked keys; each block controls one typebar. Also note that Tomy anticipated today's colloquial use of the term "typer."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy3Xjj1fOgL4tvUijZCK6xvyY-2FBCOD_v7f9K6U_pYMeveMWRMawbwdDDCbtugiHDlW5j_4XcxXcEaAXQ6Vw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">IBM Correcting Selectric II, $350. The classic big beige slab of the 1970s. Is it worth $350? Maybe, to some people, if it's working—a question I did not attempt to answer.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-dEfVLSa_7W1BS9UhBGCNv_Q8exlwv7cHEuLgOHQhEX6vNoDCPcv2TpMipaiCFiiug7_gynbpwLny0PCKYlKkLXjU5EPMb6OEAYB96OsR55lCANTPr900mLzpxBjdCYItqcpBI7vvM38ghH00PA5ktKxkuMoTCHNFLnnN95cxhWdWkzm5FQPiXi_I3j5u" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-dEfVLSa_7W1BS9UhBGCNv_Q8exlwv7cHEuLgOHQhEX6vNoDCPcv2TpMipaiCFiiug7_gynbpwLny0PCKYlKkLXjU5EPMb6OEAYB96OsR55lCANTPr900mLzpxBjdCYItqcpBI7vvM38ghH00PA5ktKxkuMoTCHNFLnnN95cxhWdWkzm5FQPiXi_I3j5u=w566-h640" width="566" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Royal HH, $55. A fair price for the most popular American standard of the mid-1950s. I do wish that its most popular color weren't brown. In case you don't know, that odd device on the right side of the keyboard is a palm-operated tabulator. No other Royal model has it.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizw_gmgc2Tw1PSTchac2OpM21sl1SMjSHHJ2k_Syt6nM04NezNu9MXwonTaDb2vQv8OGPDeyUXwcNjF97yFt7JHnZ0rn-fw_OySq4XiacIP3nWpgUnb9I9B6CZxfHS1tAJ0yXMYxlS3uOUPVbzNlGRVypJmfu9zt3Uq7fTJzRDm18LPyKjKjPU6Av68LR3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizw_gmgc2Tw1PSTchac2OpM21sl1SMjSHHJ2k_Syt6nM04NezNu9MXwonTaDb2vQv8OGPDeyUXwcNjF97yFt7JHnZ0rn-fw_OySq4XiacIP3nWpgUnb9I9B6CZxfHS1tAJ0yXMYxlS3uOUPVbzNlGRVypJmfu9zt3Uq7fTJzRDm18LPyKjKjPU6Av68LR3=w629-h640" width="629" /></a></div><br />Wide-carriage Royal KMG, $125. This seller did some research, identified the model, and even dated the typewriter to 1949.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJdjHLMQt96UOHAz6WZ8WevAQKkqvlwCSe20v29KkPynlBhCssBK8ZGgRDZiQCGs3ya4lZJuYMODfpRMa_cfz3qO_oTYFB8bTIHZLbODnOg-lSH4sVzIJPXiRcuHZc-Q5VrLzkgcIYGnJQI8jmvoeb83aZ4C7AQr1dtr5uUFd7rTS72161woLeHnyux6GJ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="700" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJdjHLMQt96UOHAz6WZ8WevAQKkqvlwCSe20v29KkPynlBhCssBK8ZGgRDZiQCGs3ya4lZJuYMODfpRMa_cfz3qO_oTYFB8bTIHZLbODnOg-lSH4sVzIJPXiRcuHZc-Q5VrLzkgcIYGnJQI8jmvoeb83aZ4C7AQr1dtr5uUFd7rTS72161woLeHnyux6GJ=w640-h520" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remington Quiet-Riter, $95. This green paint is not the most common, and the typewriter is very clean. The return lever has gotten disconnected from the line-advance mechanism, but otherwise it's in good shape.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSZeFqLg5xDUUbfOugBc2niCcsq0t5NP8Pau1wtK2cv587cN4sRSCj37XJ3XXOPGJKFfAtp7vQeLXVpW8EayJMEOZ1XS_F614SxSSWm7FIwMrbTw4vQ9bi15vFKQZswWudi2Jaad1JgAj1dF65o6HnZEI3vJHGIEVOpHfHqCD3Opu1e0zZYBPR67feCq93" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSZeFqLg5xDUUbfOugBc2niCcsq0t5NP8Pau1wtK2cv587cN4sRSCj37XJ3XXOPGJKFfAtp7vQeLXVpW8EayJMEOZ1XS_F614SxSSWm7FIwMrbTw4vQ9bi15vFKQZswWudi2Jaad1JgAj1dF65o6HnZEI3vJHGIEVOpHfHqCD3Opu1e0zZYBPR67feCq93=w614-h640" width="614" /></a></div><br />Olympia SF, $75. This seller is concerned about our behavior, and is also ready with an answer to the most common question about typewriters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFNTnvp6xlIz0A8sXOd1WivlHyWDMHg4BZrJnCUEwaJRkSvbfCDprbuuiEBBNhmFmNNdHqqVrJDKaAPu4UcOHNwele1pjYIz0xNZf2dd0KxtP4meii1bul9d1O1BGdRGs_dHzv6AhwiHlFKEo-XvH2NSqcRlg-CbQymqcYgFTT4pXT2LudjzRagyYuyj5T" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFNTnvp6xlIz0A8sXOd1WivlHyWDMHg4BZrJnCUEwaJRkSvbfCDprbuuiEBBNhmFmNNdHqqVrJDKaAPu4UcOHNwele1pjYIz0xNZf2dd0KxtP4meii1bul9d1O1BGdRGs_dHzv6AhwiHlFKEo-XvH2NSqcRlg-CbQymqcYgFTT4pXT2LudjzRagyYuyj5T=w608-h640" width="608" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This Royal KMM has been reduced to $60, but its carriage is jammed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWnTR3qJeEiFtj-A07cKl3jq1OLrIydW1Gzzxa3p6Gm0OnBnqjpg40EXRbw7kw6Jv4uulJ5q08JUirtNzXTNa89DCrdUp8eJ_zl04nQbIfBMlhQqVR3mN6_ZcbkGWGhzE5ZGboLsLiywNARTz_RyGZn6qvBHDFtzsPaypSjwKehX-mP2GRrnMbdF_sFqv_" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWnTR3qJeEiFtj-A07cKl3jq1OLrIydW1Gzzxa3p6Gm0OnBnqjpg40EXRbw7kw6Jv4uulJ5q08JUirtNzXTNa89DCrdUp8eJ_zl04nQbIfBMlhQqVR3mN6_ZcbkGWGhzE5ZGboLsLiywNARTz_RyGZn6qvBHDFtzsPaypSjwKehX-mP2GRrnMbdF_sFqv_=w586-h640" width="586" /></a></div><br />This Remington Automatic electric is only $30. I believe it's a relabeled Brother.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlWk1plpOnBSVKR5fELTQmRDnKC5bUz_74GelwD6zpt9njK5iDTHawDUTP17i4jeqKrIsbu3IbQ-p-YvpEpQVXUOUPzKV1yrcBbHSFm_kKjvnKqhygVbu2jyapuNxEINnpze1J8dlOPvg4eq7ARfirKNzsn_3LTNpdP7fVU1WcX5_FliqWceqF4ZEth-oP" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="700" height="553" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlWk1plpOnBSVKR5fELTQmRDnKC5bUz_74GelwD6zpt9njK5iDTHawDUTP17i4jeqKrIsbu3IbQ-p-YvpEpQVXUOUPzKV1yrcBbHSFm_kKjvnKqhygVbu2jyapuNxEINnpze1J8dlOPvg4eq7ARfirKNzsn_3LTNpdP7fVU1WcX5_FliqWceqF4ZEth-oP=w640-h553" width="640" /></a></div><br />What are your thoughts on this selection? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Would you have taken any of these machines home?</div></div></div><br /> <p></p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-9988178707699644112023-12-28T08:40:00.002-05:002023-12-28T08:42:03.065-05:00“Perpetual mediocrity machines"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdmJgGMGFv3UBlHE8_mHNVKPWo_XIxuUSfQlcLh-uneok865OqKznLk3gRl-tFcWx-D0cFnp5mZvXtQDOq1YsQo5yJBWoW4Xl4N76yn7syaHLCcKO4O1PqyaJOtlesWoU_xF4n13ISZ6B93yAWVPbt7BAzFvVYb33MLUhUwwT10DbDcSGZx32MVjAUouM7" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="814" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdmJgGMGFv3UBlHE8_mHNVKPWo_XIxuUSfQlcLh-uneok865OqKznLk3gRl-tFcWx-D0cFnp5mZvXtQDOq1YsQo5yJBWoW4Xl4N76yn7syaHLCcKO4O1PqyaJOtlesWoU_xF4n13ISZ6B93yAWVPbt7BAzFvVYb33MLUhUwwT10DbDcSGZx32MVjAUouM7=s16000" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/arts/design/artists-artificial-intelligence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JU0.zarw.AjyMP2SUIO9I&smid=url-share" target="_blank">Farago's essay is here</a>.<p></p><p>By the way, the <i>Times</i> is <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/media/new-york-times-open-ai-microsoft-lawsuit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JU0.5Xii.mmznmeftNbBZ&smid=url-share" target="_blank">suing OpenAI and Microsoft</a> for snarfing up its articles to train AI. Yes!</p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-86928521379002424372023-12-14T13:09:00.004-05:002023-12-14T13:09:45.734-05:00Latest anti-digital grumblings<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisFHhCdQ9XWEjmMMfzrlewKK9imVyis9PR7D5Uu35Plt8r2xUNLzDU8f-d_02cHhLFwzOybXcJ_lzDMfOBMpG_vmwRJVQ4cqVjLJqx-2AckY0Py7ziEvNbLcmlQRmN070jnidV5br1Jdt59I4Ny2CE8dgbDvNo-JJ5L43R17HxzQJPx10hQkZTnRpVt_JD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisFHhCdQ9XWEjmMMfzrlewKK9imVyis9PR7D5Uu35Plt8r2xUNLzDU8f-d_02cHhLFwzOybXcJ_lzDMfOBMpG_vmwRJVQ4cqVjLJqx-2AckY0Py7ziEvNbLcmlQRmN070jnidV5br1Jdt59I4Ny2CE8dgbDvNo-JJ5L43R17HxzQJPx10hQkZTnRpVt_JD=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVSnk4txe8RkHmY7APJ8Li7VmEzQhb8n-xjZCpvEjsoNDZ3oa0yrFj958pmBZF-Oo_RwVutvLdVjvSvFIPeUG_4sihWVvhtyKJMFVw0Ri8JoD-3w8VWCMK2OkdFSz1yn4l-NI9t0F_mwq_a0b-bM-g_ZuKe8lRWa7rmkhFr3YMX5dXI3lGe4rqB6Qc_EkA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="838" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVSnk4txe8RkHmY7APJ8Li7VmEzQhb8n-xjZCpvEjsoNDZ3oa0yrFj958pmBZF-Oo_RwVutvLdVjvSvFIPeUG_4sihWVvhtyKJMFVw0Ri8JoD-3w8VWCMK2OkdFSz1yn4l-NI9t0F_mwq_a0b-bM-g_ZuKe8lRWa7rmkhFr3YMX5dXI3lGe4rqB6Qc_EkA=w640-h425" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-58886979074780242342023-11-26T07:44:00.001-05:002024-02-08T09:51:37.287-05:00Thanksgiving typing<font face="Georgia" size="4">Several years ago, I gave this repainted early Quiet-Riter to the next-door neighbor boy who was eager for a typewriter. </font><div><font face="Georgia" size="4"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsLu-QNYEEP7L008PdwJtsvHFJd4vx4q4K1tQ1g290XYQKgei6dPpTwvJil0VyIn5C7Dqw69wA41uqdQ202aMd8vtM1cnhDBJ9luit75tdXtYNjZ1o5m-HmSbsGMGGb0L5vTnLmzgSmd29E0_rXPYe22cjsomuIFIJarWPofE3E9EJmmw26lUIFxnqvmU/s1067/IMG_8120.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsLu-QNYEEP7L008PdwJtsvHFJd4vx4q4K1tQ1g290XYQKgei6dPpTwvJil0VyIn5C7Dqw69wA41uqdQ202aMd8vtM1cnhDBJ9luit75tdXtYNjZ1o5m-HmSbsGMGGb0L5vTnLmzgSmd29E0_rXPYe22cjsomuIFIJarWPofE3E9EJmmw26lUIFxnqvmU/w480-h640/IMG_8120.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">When attending the neighbors’ Thanksgiving feast, I was glad to see that they had the typewriter out for guests to write a collective poem. The kids were especially enthusiastic. <br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvZiGjWEoO17PaASEN5SsCrl18B2TYV8ANO-B3YClqZd12KVkjd4tY-oXg1uanBhnOsbfANwMhtYaNURrlAQ-Erx1veZM2UD7Nz1VLpvrOQZBNhDpwZ7zz5qAbDQTXme5XiH0IQ0tl2D3y62nsYmXTJmUGcigSgJtKDhar6KAbrtMpt5ct8BlcrRdtCj2/s1067/IMG_8121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvZiGjWEoO17PaASEN5SsCrl18B2TYV8ANO-B3YClqZd12KVkjd4tY-oXg1uanBhnOsbfANwMhtYaNURrlAQ-Erx1veZM2UD7Nz1VLpvrOQZBNhDpwZ7zz5qAbDQTXme5XiH0IQ0tl2D3y62nsYmXTJmUGcigSgJtKDhar6KAbrtMpt5ct8BlcrRdtCj2/w480-h640/IMG_8121.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br />This young boy needed help finding the right keys. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxOi0I3UZauxy5Ph8IIRl9PUecIKlwJ88cYMSM85vGTTaaewAzxz9UGKRL23RFezv0kYxlztcoZ-lggaVuHRp2LRdHiW8RL6IXyYmyGkLKS4zz1HtR08UAvagNWQwBkzHCBg4XN6avgdNftNqObOfIru5-GrhKz5C6wkHlvI_-L3yx6UYB2WKAQBhKMFJ/s1067/IMG_8122.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxOi0I3UZauxy5Ph8IIRl9PUecIKlwJ88cYMSM85vGTTaaewAzxz9UGKRL23RFezv0kYxlztcoZ-lggaVuHRp2LRdHiW8RL6IXyYmyGkLKS4zz1HtR08UAvagNWQwBkzHCBg4XN6avgdNftNqObOfIru5-GrhKz5C6wkHlvI_-L3yx6UYB2WKAQBhKMFJ/w480-h640/IMG_8122.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br />The result began with a rhyme scheme, but ended up … otherwise. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLuKmWmD8UB6gL_ifSG2jMOoblAs-t-_medN0Ka3mNHrnJ9hE13mnDPlLUTtmSWLOFeH6uQQgL29IEhKby1fB0_MVHKrsH3kRLpP5WsomAHs30DGhH2S6aq489l1gYk2QZDCy35Zehn0vqYcWi3Qin5kjMS44QvjF2xlwwMQj8fmLaMPY9i3PshjiCnSQ/s1067/IMG_8123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLuKmWmD8UB6gL_ifSG2jMOoblAs-t-_medN0Ka3mNHrnJ9hE13mnDPlLUTtmSWLOFeH6uQQgL29IEhKby1fB0_MVHKrsH3kRLpP5WsomAHs30DGhH2S6aq489l1gYk2QZDCy35Zehn0vqYcWi3Qin5kjMS44QvjF2xlwwMQj8fmLaMPY9i3PshjiCnSQ/s16000/IMG_8123.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /><font face="Georgia" size="4">Try this at your next gathering!</font></div><div><font face="Georgia" size="4"><br /></font></div>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-45582113338457377732023-11-21T09:03:00.003-05:002023-11-21T09:40:13.135-05:00Author Ed Park on typewriters<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVu5LCxamvueGBNY6jpVUVfse1JJHVwQvIyHtB2Vmz893nx37ylxKXWAcorq96fhVPj2yFNnSOxFikaNDgjaY4XGvxPnt4trBDHRi2WUHNpis9yrRJ1pFz8Lzym3BotlmRxl-StiuSfLI_gTJvJeR9iyhSNiHMJqWDoDnhr3nPGdNINm32_8WNujIkSNbp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="117" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVu5LCxamvueGBNY6jpVUVfse1JJHVwQvIyHtB2Vmz893nx37ylxKXWAcorq96fhVPj2yFNnSOxFikaNDgjaY4XGvxPnt4trBDHRi2WUHNpis9yrRJ1pFz8Lzym3BotlmRxl-StiuSfLI_gTJvJeR9iyhSNiHMJqWDoDnhr3nPGdNINm32_8WNujIkSNbp=s16000" /></a></div><br /></div>I've known writer and editor Ed Park for some 25 years, thanks to our mutual interest in eccentric mystery writer <a href="https://site.xavier.edu/polt/keeler/index.html" target="_blank">Harry Stephen Keeler</a>. He's just published <i><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/254786/same-bed-different-dreams-by-ed-park/" target="_blank">Same Bed Different Dreams</a></i>, a delightful and multilayered novel about Korean (alt-)history, a Korean war vet who writes SF, a tech company called GLOAT, the assassination of President McKinley, and the Buffalo Sabres hockey team, among other things.<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgczPrsTn7JmfFbgkt8p-DOpbGl8vovpm5gqay-GXjyT325fGjPIaWYYSFBXsTjENVd4j6bdhwvooOmEhK_VEIxh3_s-r8FVbqonJyyDkLM7wHX6W9HCGQDh44tj-w2BlVs8CWIu8RyW4cJFslZPQ2711s6LOttYLG5xpcC2qdwEdxYlJojt2FKNZgBHaWd" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgczPrsTn7JmfFbgkt8p-DOpbGl8vovpm5gqay-GXjyT325fGjPIaWYYSFBXsTjENVd4j6bdhwvooOmEhK_VEIxh3_s-r8FVbqonJyyDkLM7wHX6W9HCGQDh44tj-w2BlVs8CWIu8RyW4cJFslZPQ2711s6LOttYLG5xpcC2qdwEdxYlJojt2FKNZgBHaWd=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></p><p>Ed was recently interviewed on Mark Hurst's "Techtonic," a show on WFMU that's appropriately suspicious and critical of the influence of Big Tech on our lives. <a href="https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/133844" target="_blank">You can listen here</a> (I recommend clicking on "Pop-up Player"). At 34:10, Ed describes his use of a typewriter.</p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiTY_LDEESIkx3eu-wUx-QypOV8n_Oyi2cWJ6-BNc6XaOkjOJ8Qj2tPQawJtFygPLOvElLEawTV50VRbWz6S2844tBhnMCEsFU-ec1aD2ltM2_Ku79dkNmCuM_1Vhi0CNerJifRQkKndeuE6nW5EAqZ_HTH_OOPIwYt7lgNDAUtBwHKU4-UzXOXQLFfnMu" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="909" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiTY_LDEESIkx3eu-wUx-QypOV8n_Oyi2cWJ6-BNc6XaOkjOJ8Qj2tPQawJtFygPLOvElLEawTV50VRbWz6S2844tBhnMCEsFU-ec1aD2ltM2_Ku79dkNmCuM_1Vhi0CNerJifRQkKndeuE6nW5EAqZ_HTH_OOPIwYt7lgNDAUtBwHKU4-UzXOXQLFfnMu=s16000" /></a></div></div><div>(Transcribed on my Royal FP with <a href="https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/patrician.html">Patrician</a> type.)</div><div><br /></div><div>Mark is certainly right: <a href="http://writingball.blogspot.com/2017/11/typewriters-are-technology.html" target="_blank">typewriters are technology too</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ed kindly shared this portrait of himself at his Lettera 22, along with a couple of typescript pages for <i>Same Bed Different Dreams</i>. </div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCpFl_K9PVnoR2aarGnMnoKKN5PpjZeIF5qpDBxuQWOvUIB5dE7BpnBpwpKM4SWjYZLkTQx9QLsBYpvk9Krxa3P3evuMWKbVXadtuidWTZ1m0leFMkDsAKODJt5nRUyVBEjTxSuUlRi4rhxcKq4dz4qIwtJrUygW8FPQT5LPzhGKdCmvvQpQl695Kn6MEF" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3185" data-original-width="2932" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCpFl_K9PVnoR2aarGnMnoKKN5PpjZeIF5qpDBxuQWOvUIB5dE7BpnBpwpKM4SWjYZLkTQx9QLsBYpvk9Krxa3P3evuMWKbVXadtuidWTZ1m0leFMkDsAKODJt5nRUyVBEjTxSuUlRi4rhxcKq4dz4qIwtJrUygW8FPQT5LPzhGKdCmvvQpQl695Kn6MEF=w589-h640" width="589" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihH6e9eqOHKyjm7DKmSQiAiuUbyGMaaX-sV5pA-St-NGU_hYIlDIRqg2IST9APHshsxfISEii-IHhDq437eYy8EzErBhvk1azZggtvUAa0QH3339faTaly37yBnAVmNp6EJhNoRjv9yd7wWEHPW-qH8jr666LFomZFLjFCbE5i00228GPukGUaCqq7H0ud" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihH6e9eqOHKyjm7DKmSQiAiuUbyGMaaX-sV5pA-St-NGU_hYIlDIRqg2IST9APHshsxfISEii-IHhDq437eYy8EzErBhvk1azZggtvUAa0QH3339faTaly37yBnAVmNp6EJhNoRjv9yd7wWEHPW-qH8jr666LFomZFLjFCbE5i00228GPukGUaCqq7H0ud=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjq0l_nXSX0iCLrrtHldtj7ewp7o2p82vaKHGeuASBea9UO0NT3NbYOCILkFuEz9UE659JjxpwJ3snX9-F0yq_Q6IgQs8yOdr998gFtrj2GyyTFDBYvgEhIAgZX9bEm-KaRGlQCTNdcRWFoxFgiykmsPtJ7X8Yh_YjX0yp72R2WkU_1stAZz6OlnLW4dDLg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjq0l_nXSX0iCLrrtHldtj7ewp7o2p82vaKHGeuASBea9UO0NT3NbYOCILkFuEz9UE659JjxpwJ3snX9-F0yq_Q6IgQs8yOdr998gFtrj2GyyTFDBYvgEhIAgZX9bEm-KaRGlQCTNdcRWFoxFgiykmsPtJ7X8Yh_YjX0yp72R2WkU_1stAZz6OlnLW4dDLg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">No, Ed did not compose his entire 500+-page novel on a typewriter, but it is a valuable part of his drafting and brainstorming process. As he says, you don't have to be a Luddite to appreciate a variety of technologies and benefit from the opportunities they offer us.</div><br /><p></p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-50058741287300897362023-11-10T07:38:00.000-05:002023-11-10T07:38:17.008-05:00Patrician font: a neater version<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBdFuS7BSYFzZVcxCjJpY6UWs5iNR4nSY-VIQOraP4u4uQ1X7y1xEUtMfw4EnwB_CJzQRxmEYPFo7cbyFszpR589xoEJtcCeLwomZwqXf0DlRuyZQT9jnFU3MOf_wAd8WPRmJDbBPw9JNYvlrwUBuTvCAIyPUTqm87vFMI2JDY_--R67lUz9VVPRYHYNcv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBdFuS7BSYFzZVcxCjJpY6UWs5iNR4nSY-VIQOraP4u4uQ1X7y1xEUtMfw4EnwB_CJzQRxmEYPFo7cbyFszpR589xoEJtcCeLwomZwqXf0DlRuyZQT9jnFU3MOf_wAd8WPRmJDbBPw9JNYvlrwUBuTvCAIyPUTqm87vFMI2JDY_--R67lUz9VVPRYHYNcv=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPqO5JV4REVNmqNwohef_HkCdysIBGf-uxLBr0tSkRb5qR9MD-w1-WcltIdbYEr8a1bS_t2eT2HIYvc9ZqXBUWf9tcKrmOn9hcZG84ISaV2IV6rK2Di-aiMpsp8zVGTwpxXLRz8KGSOMwZhBPmy-Ba0U7JK4KmLTydWuW6HNDF6Oy_nJCmVnwG7hh0zcDN" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPqO5JV4REVNmqNwohef_HkCdysIBGf-uxLBr0tSkRb5qR9MD-w1-WcltIdbYEr8a1bS_t2eT2HIYvc9ZqXBUWf9tcKrmOn9hcZG84ISaV2IV6rK2Di-aiMpsp8zVGTwpxXLRz8KGSOMwZhBPmy-Ba0U7JK4KmLTydWuW6HNDF6Oy_nJCmVnwG7hh0zcDN=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just love the color of this Empress.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIknDIh6oFWeTIg5Fu8D0tchdPVYYy9Q4zttedYKZZ_gIglrJcV4fzGF2gJUSUa62mL63WN-hzH1S4jLVgpo8LhmZRGw_KDh8YkPwyvqx43-xDFyS3xzTpA8aKTwWIC_goZuAp9vrF61eYx3VhHI2pLPeR6BrU3Kf9vcbf-pY9qTJcq1O_2ioaU51QPIDX" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Ken and I agreed that it's ugly but impressive:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2x4OQCOnB4T8iw4UUrP0qRK8rvS3EMVoYVkzzvzg1kN-eVAHD1zb4d-ATzvfAcw7d_mzaFVIEPm_LjbN4TabAbhXnhPcDPUf05z1DRJiNNJ0YAvf2KGeyGoxpJiiVFYI7bADM-OB8P1aTsqhDFDuUqPBEOP7_TgnVB0-co7k-JGWIx4mXkVDlONWrUXx9" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2x4OQCOnB4T8iw4UUrP0qRK8rvS3EMVoYVkzzvzg1kN-eVAHD1zb4d-ATzvfAcw7d_mzaFVIEPm_LjbN4TabAbhXnhPcDPUf05z1DRJiNNJ0YAvf2KGeyGoxpJiiVFYI7bADM-OB8P1aTsqhDFDuUqPBEOP7_TgnVB0-co7k-JGWIx4mXkVDlONWrUXx9=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a spectacular gift from Tom Hanks (who called it a Selectric but we'll let that slide):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A couple of Olivers hanging out:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkAlWJsgxQGi7BNAOmgzyarHtfWbbze7eRZcd1dDukg_VT7b9rBdZPhkXLFHMD84oaQe9e5Ik4-Dzk_QEr6be_RH6X0rpIS4brN5OGlU_SIa3-8EKnMwVqOiMzbAlMeKWuX0XPhPZBeI03oKoGakfsQ5CcOEl3RDRxV5ekf_NCjzzjZI5OAP0GIpyoy3rF" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkAlWJsgxQGi7BNAOmgzyarHtfWbbze7eRZcd1dDukg_VT7b9rBdZPhkXLFHMD84oaQe9e5Ik4-Dzk_QEr6be_RH6X0rpIS4brN5OGlU_SIa3-8EKnMwVqOiMzbAlMeKWuX0XPhPZBeI03oKoGakfsQ5CcOEl3RDRxV5ekf_NCjzzjZI5OAP0GIpyoy3rF=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every kind of ribbon you could want:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, Ken uses WD-40. He says it's great and causes no problems if applied lightly.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimhIJ28fEhTmrB8V76Lv0uaJUlRadnuNa7Lq4bblQ9dhFspHmOuK-GnWOebNAGecTLA9JAxfsPqUxGC2dPc6j9tCU_s0JIV7Ve6_e0ufmwVvhR9LT2g4ijLwDKLFdVRMDCqtumqDw14lEzzN9j50tXKJMRo7xnWBS1TcQcs6R8gvf09Ovr9ZO3xcLmEU--" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimhIJ28fEhTmrB8V76Lv0uaJUlRadnuNa7Lq4bblQ9dhFspHmOuK-GnWOebNAGecTLA9JAxfsPqUxGC2dPc6j9tCU_s0JIV7Ve6_e0ufmwVvhR9LT2g4ijLwDKLFdVRMDCqtumqDw14lEzzN9j50tXKJMRo7xnWBS1TcQcs6R8gvf09Ovr9ZO3xcLmEU--=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'd never heard of charcoal lighter as a cleaner. Ken sings its praises. Good thing he doesn't smoke.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMtimQ0aGFxJaZTSOL924a_aML0GxRX_933KdiN184vTxOT3YvB7Li7yIsvsL-cZ1T1n1BLRlkd05cD0rUwntA24_vuMbQTr0w6TKMdwYWU70tTgOB5XFkN8t8xtTziLbvE5zUMiuMzLVt2MhV8NjgXkEHfPzyxSI1l0oqmKtaO38Ebo8Ieb4nbXVFemSA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="445" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMtimQ0aGFxJaZTSOL924a_aML0GxRX_933KdiN184vTxOT3YvB7Li7yIsvsL-cZ1T1n1BLRlkd05cD0rUwntA24_vuMbQTr0w6TKMdwYWU70tTgOB5XFkN8t8xtTziLbvE5zUMiuMzLVt2MhV8NjgXkEHfPzyxSI1l0oqmKtaO38Ebo8Ieb4nbXVFemSA=s16000" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNMX2uuQKRa90IMajNdNgPhcgaCXjeMQoBU-AEAvYbyMvvqZ6HaxgJMufeAIvnUO3vgwahdh_oZAZabjEcY8TDo4r0jGj_x9IWDXsMV6Ch4gICxtgH_qdas8JduTvih_wcG-q_0zACwFgzffrjjjXPk9wo7NONk8miRXf7rSfc7URc_Oe9pN7NPK-Phlh7" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>A '50s Smith-Corona electric portable getting a spa treatment:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwSfjInSNiVvVY3LqBmvQCAZMw3DrCGbr0tYjhGe3Q59gLtptvjaSmCaUKX0_I1j4fx32Olt8GWddHFFGM4o387gU0WhsX4LFIfqdhSf6teqLrRdjo0TlKwu8Lyk54jcg7RT4U-sXroZsTx2ykdqJ_DgBpQXQ6GBLflEAJC3SCzrCeSv0dlpcH_RcvH3iH" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwSfjInSNiVvVY3LqBmvQCAZMw3DrCGbr0tYjhGe3Q59gLtptvjaSmCaUKX0_I1j4fx32Olt8GWddHFFGM4o387gU0WhsX4LFIfqdhSf6teqLrRdjo0TlKwu8Lyk54jcg7RT4U-sXroZsTx2ykdqJ_DgBpQXQ6GBLflEAJC3SCzrCeSv0dlpcH_RcvH3iH=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Personal Selectric getting overhauled:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjT7rJ8WlAafBuZprLU4qI0-fwd8vrL3D1EOBExEwPqqsQca8NALGeCHMkA9UsO10hm49QIpAD-KQGNPWIFwRfklaJ29M3wXPSKgLpZUpvCISk5kHjOslD7hTyTds1FUPIUgzKkdeADdRzbR9Jr_NmK3aDAZxbF5Ed2YiTgI-yMnOjfEQwhTcqNMSY7I14V" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjT7rJ8WlAafBuZprLU4qI0-fwd8vrL3D1EOBExEwPqqsQca8NALGeCHMkA9UsO10hm49QIpAD-KQGNPWIFwRfklaJ29M3wXPSKgLpZUpvCISk5kHjOslD7hTyTds1FUPIUgzKkdeADdRzbR9Jr_NmK3aDAZxbF5Ed2YiTgI-yMnOjfEQwhTcqNMSY7I14V=s16000" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of special characters on this Olympia:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXNaKHM9iLr7kcVb-ZFJ_EaJvUq7f2LCH9ZuYefJh72LdVwb1749XQzX3nPc78tBIVSwaeFe3o9w2ju6TyQb38cz2ru2_va9ndbCM6gtdb9SCFB58LlYBPamG_RxdgtN9Rp6il-5RH5uJ3_gwn0DFjzeyQ9F5AIZmZ-0qZ0qkrrZxIC6NYz_4NME7TKaoN" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXNaKHM9iLr7kcVb-ZFJ_EaJvUq7f2LCH9ZuYefJh72LdVwb1749XQzX3nPc78tBIVSwaeFe3o9w2ju6TyQb38cz2ru2_va9ndbCM6gtdb9SCFB58LlYBPamG_RxdgtN9Rp6il-5RH5uJ3_gwn0DFjzeyQ9F5AIZmZ-0qZ0qkrrZxIC6NYz_4NME7TKaoN=s16000" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A typewritten portrait of Steve Jobs by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kelyekneeland/" target="_blank">Kelye Kneeland</a> features text from the notorious "<a href="https://writingball.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-infamous-apple-typewriter-memo-is.html" target="_blank">no more typewriters</a>" memo in the background:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiasxvh4i0089Zjbvh_VXQlw6rHOnWIjWHaHgfMa178wcvUYLoKW4dWO4O1XRy5EBcWhgnsdA3ChLnMnnRGNeOxXC_MGZdzf2NOCg58tVb9L-HJu-7iIgnuWNUR5Nd6tapdxKZ1LAp2wk8-1Azwf1cIPSshm4Ujw4jwmgNy_-lxB3v8WKc84csS3nxnwv4K" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8XXzQ_Rb44YPITQrsdu4wv9V0g2dnxX9pbhgab_zLuzeyqIqMzji1UABKu4aTwhYdr_AlQ-mF07WioCjyZM1uHlRBfLkk95HMgX2iXnuhy_OY9NvGhscVtNk3R9wCFZIeqIvPaWOBdsdNfpGN2yRef3G9Vkimuqpc7XGbg9UXFPQp75fjZT3UOcmc1zF7" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8XXzQ_Rb44YPITQrsdu4wv9V0g2dnxX9pbhgab_zLuzeyqIqMzji1UABKu4aTwhYdr_AlQ-mF07WioCjyZM1uHlRBfLkk95HMgX2iXnuhy_OY9NvGhscVtNk3R9wCFZIeqIvPaWOBdsdNfpGN2yRef3G9Vkimuqpc7XGbg9UXFPQp75fjZT3UOcmc1zF7=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A large room in a public library offered enough space for typewriters of all kinds and ages. They outnumbered the typists!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMJetKm-MAIuon04e6_ZTbIUN0jvICQKBmWzwEfvXn_pMoAE3W38DTH7pMJG0AR4h5dWNhy8UFBWAcNgkmCfAKdWj12f1C8myyL8vYYIaB0yHCAOpFwdf0_PvlP01jXgTPp1oNSzRSQUeWVQeiGjzC4cFftBvVIUmYkR6zQ0Z6SEUEeuJBSWTH1CqQ1BaZ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMJetKm-MAIuon04e6_ZTbIUN0jvICQKBmWzwEfvXn_pMoAE3W38DTH7pMJG0AR4h5dWNhy8UFBWAcNgkmCfAKdWj12f1C8myyL8vYYIaB0yHCAOpFwdf0_PvlP01jXgTPp1oNSzRSQUeWVQeiGjzC4cFftBvVIUmYkR6zQ0Z6SEUEeuJBSWTH1CqQ1BaZ=s16000" /></a></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mitch Hamm brought some beautiful machines: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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And my answer is always: Make it happen! I'll be glad to spread the word.<br /></div><p></p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-12941344105681169752023-10-12T15:33:00.002-04:002023-12-28T08:40:42.655-05:00The Human Words Project<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.humanwordsproject.com" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="500" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-neYGoqNpbKkZXtEypQG4zrXkfBxwyZ4WDoH_1yLfj4DWhe5GRO0pa_KJYpAkFqRDVWLZayhZRtD3-aw0DRz14zsAPSrN6TyjPHMexevYq_fbrSog5h0jjNmAcIVlQmmj1ioiMQHW5w6qtnBWmnJQ3pukosn-DzVp6yigMyZzGwiUJ1Y1EjsH8OM4M2px=w400-h353" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_SFdhVot0ImkshN41BNr0-Wn6yxZV1xSodSCQ6ZqywWum4uXjFPAJnQk8-yIyLcFSt0xHq7CGfnVKbdKl1L8ScBdnTTtYQiqpcr8spcw21V5BtnOjU1ZBSl98OzMFRiyGNvhyuYinLblZMF0hh2_qwQyBL5zGbgGZ-Tb0FI5hzVP-k_BFsF9k90e3Cqv/s621/545.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_SFdhVot0ImkshN41BNr0-Wn6yxZV1xSodSCQ6ZqywWum4uXjFPAJnQk8-yIyLcFSt0xHq7CGfnVKbdKl1L8ScBdnTTtYQiqpcr8spcw21V5BtnOjU1ZBSl98OzMFRiyGNvhyuYinLblZMF0hh2_qwQyBL5zGbgGZ-Tb0FI5hzVP-k_BFsF9k90e3Cqv/s16000/545.jpg" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the abstract of Chris's talk:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>“To Feel the Meaning": A Manual Typewriter Intervention Toward Authentic Written Language </b></div></b><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">This workshop will be a facilitated encounter with mid-century manual typewriters as an exploration of the limits and affordances of machine-mediated analog text creation. Beginning with [Susanne] Langer’s 1957 tripartite definition of "living form"--dynamism, organism, and rhythm (p. 53) --the experience will consider what "authentic" written language is in the age of ChatGPT.
The presenter will bring several exquisite manual typewriters from their personal collection for participant use during the workshop, and will make them available in the lounge for the duration of the conference for those who wish to experience them further individually. This typewriter encounter with the dynamic, organic, and rhythmic qualities of analog text creation will invite a renewal of our relation to language, and a re-engagement with previously-settled and newly-urgent questions about why we ask our students to write at all.</div></blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">PS: <a href="https://www.humanwordsproject.com/the-underground/" target="_blank">Check out Chris's blog</a>.</div><br /> <p></p></div>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-62527251828156879912023-10-05T19:23:00.002-04:002023-10-05T19:23:42.042-04:00New 3D-printed elements for the IBM Selectric<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jp3hoBLdIwcS0RoSX2atS4N9wGXJIDjR7xHHJOOYXDlg4IMV1zzACxNErFHtMyNeu_9QeqGoZurVuB0YcqDDaDerXWtnDpdPgDUaihdQxinLSU452tHG0hEORTumYOpPNbJ8nfNYOnLqEyaAm4kjhiGBMDUqfn7Ymf4My_DfVwHP3yaBIQX_xmo5HoyI/s835/544.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://writingball.blogspot.com/2023/01/new-typewheels-for-blickensderfer.html" target="_blank">3D-printed Blick typewheels</a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-87217876314360297332023-09-18T19:38:00.003-04:002024-03-07T18:25:24.010-05:00More telegrapher's portable typewriters<p>Bob Freshwater has sent me these interesting photos of a Royal P (ca. 1930) adapted to handle telegraph forms and a ca. 1952 instruction session on the use of the Smith-Corona Typewriter Telegraph 8B. He says that these machines were used by the UK General Post Office.</p><p>For more information and examples of telegrapher's portable typewriters, <a href="https://writingball.blogspot.com/search/label/telegraphic" target="_blank">click here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSzCx6mjnjPQmmRRGTp5vBWWVTuFVLqxkh4AWXHSEcJ0pBqNDolbUtA7M55h7H5HmrazCSkqZ1n8gsFEQIzD_OTX51Aq9uJi2iigsdN4gEJ-ZQYCUdfj4rrv_AXhtBk0xPaYZdjzeWaMPpbd5FJbxmoWT-Lt_PDCemSXIdArAzl5S23urlGpdlcDFS-tS8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSzCx6mjnjPQmmRRGTp5vBWWVTuFVLqxkh4AWXHSEcJ0pBqNDolbUtA7M55h7H5HmrazCSkqZ1n8gsFEQIzD_OTX51Aq9uJi2iigsdN4gEJ-ZQYCUdfj4rrv_AXhtBk0xPaYZdjzeWaMPpbd5FJbxmoWT-Lt_PDCemSXIdArAzl5S23urlGpdlcDFS-tS8=s16000" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdyn2IJGr-DnIXjtcb0EU8j8cHdsYx5OiWyzDvI9JkDqZJ2iMdQCkISj3ZNqDlNmNRVD2kEpMCVHSVgVP6ctiercUVl1ZgJhY8toslt5ykqy5RhLUW4KcE8RarVHUOqS46td0nZvQ8T_cLpYeBXyETje-I3Mkn931oeB5gRlV25KeIRETHGYlFdqO2fPEd" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdyn2IJGr-DnIXjtcb0EU8j8cHdsYx5OiWyzDvI9JkDqZJ2iMdQCkISj3ZNqDlNmNRVD2kEpMCVHSVgVP6ctiercUVl1ZgJhY8toslt5ykqy5RhLUW4KcE8RarVHUOqS46td0nZvQ8T_cLpYeBXyETje-I3Mkn931oeB5gRlV25KeIRETHGYlFdqO2fPEd=s16000" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMTRHKpwZ7ZRaulGDjm7hRkgx0uGqlmE4XhwjIxb4pDerorAh3R9EsLcuw2tzw_k-hu2iBH8GU9dFEcEPcEbuu7ULi8QSGHOtA_sbfRcOu1q3tMm6Hi4BZhdHx4KtWvLhUxa7ra63ohiGhJNgBL-CYLGdKgLie0xSg-4kovg7xb_22F9vky9_LX-z0rscY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMTRHKpwZ7ZRaulGDjm7hRkgx0uGqlmE4XhwjIxb4pDerorAh3R9EsLcuw2tzw_k-hu2iBH8GU9dFEcEPcEbuu7ULi8QSGHOtA_sbfRcOu1q3tMm6Hi4BZhdHx4KtWvLhUxa7ra63ohiGhJNgBL-CYLGdKgLie0xSg-4kovg7xb_22F9vky9_LX-z0rscY=s16000" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-66539704776707605862023-09-17T13:14:00.003-04:002023-09-17T19:31:50.150-04:00One weird trick for fixing your sluggish electric<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Royal Saturn is a nifty-looking lightweight electric, actually made by Silver-Seiko.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjie3cWyyxNsNqJ_ZBttCVZr4YGDUd9SO-4HuPEOIgZ6wvLD6DEgBAcHbb0Q47ow-O0KBHP7qVRNyVXTc6n9SFFFX7DfE9aprVe15338JJNajoNJjv9OokRgwjD4r9lq_RXVzueE5U6_8sQ6adHMXN8hcPRPHefU5pESqYuTmrl8gW-qLewZ0pemeoWCEN/s550/IMG_7537.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjie3cWyyxNsNqJ_ZBttCVZr4YGDUd9SO-4HuPEOIgZ6wvLD6DEgBAcHbb0Q47ow-O0KBHP7qVRNyVXTc6n9SFFFX7DfE9aprVe15338JJNajoNJjv9OokRgwjD4r9lq_RXVzueE5U6_8sQ6adHMXN8hcPRPHefU5pESqYuTmrl8gW-qLewZ0pemeoWCEN/s16000/IMG_7537.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwJ7BlO9M2g2Lgfi_KIIxYrLqpsI9V1yolGlO416SqGGIkyUuzpSSX7WYF-VbMe3_bRhAfaf5xSNawsSf4GPXTQ1ycCrdFrfJfu4yrQSC1qOvboa1ogY8-k0apAl9auVziseIFh-2gUluEp2LoFAxjMrZvA08p1WldAMrBW5zM-zp15PcX6EWV0JAQnoL/s550/IMG_7538.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwJ7BlO9M2g2Lgfi_KIIxYrLqpsI9V1yolGlO416SqGGIkyUuzpSSX7WYF-VbMe3_bRhAfaf5xSNawsSf4GPXTQ1ycCrdFrfJfu4yrQSC1qOvboa1ogY8-k0apAl9auVziseIFh-2gUluEp2LoFAxjMrZvA08p1WldAMrBW5zM-zp15PcX6EWV0JAQnoL/s16000/IMG_7538.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The problem on this one: some typebars weren't reaching the platen. They just weren't being activated with enough force. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I concluded that the belt had lost some elasticity over the years, leading to a weak rotation of the fluted shaft that drives the typebars.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Replacement belt? I didn't have any handy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0A_y3mBKn10-A2maW1xEx5o36BVO2_2F0PZ0XPIhLyYLt8LIuODBirCD8DAN9izn23xFUTttNxMGu6BWZRH4flb9G8HTAPhAjK8BsUMRDDr85trAOtScszP_UNA-xXJLIPR5YdOvB69CkgkY4a3dHvs7j9tZeslZTelox65ZuXywQz6MbR69p1fY4Loxt/s700/IMG_7263.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0A_y3mBKn10-A2maW1xEx5o36BVO2_2F0PZ0XPIhLyYLt8LIuODBirCD8DAN9izn23xFUTttNxMGu6BWZRH4flb9G8HTAPhAjK8BsUMRDDr85trAOtScszP_UNA-xXJLIPR5YdOvB69CkgkY4a3dHvs7j9tZeslZTelox65ZuXywQz6MbR69p1fY4Loxt/s16000/IMG_7263.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It dawned on me that instead of replacing this still intact belt, I could increase the diameter of the rotating shaft on the left that is directly driven by the electric motor. This would stretch out the belt a little, making it tauter, and turn the shaft faster.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At first I put a short length of automotive tubing over the shaft. This increased its diameter too much: the typebars smacked against the paper so hard that they were cutting it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It turned out that an inconspicuous little piece of shrink tubing was just enough to solve the problem.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUocSUHcbDasD9gGhuhh9TzZv26626PNNK75aF5LqYRU9wymNIsO9k-OqgxzySn3q6cjb8mAdj69ES1GHpU85hLgC6o-mDuGphGgLISfARNHOLNOPPF_MAfIsqq6Zh6zFYNuh088sCzaBnSjH0A0mLbjXG4kW2CLhURykr9OuoZCdFCrHnUxGi_-lEbOd/s509/IMG_7264.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUocSUHcbDasD9gGhuhh9TzZv26626PNNK75aF5LqYRU9wymNIsO9k-OqgxzySn3q6cjb8mAdj69ES1GHpU85hLgC6o-mDuGphGgLISfARNHOLNOPPF_MAfIsqq6Zh6zFYNuh088sCzaBnSjH0A0mLbjXG4kW2CLhURykr9OuoZCdFCrHnUxGi_-lEbOd/s16000/IMG_7264.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So there you go: in this situation, try this trick. You may bring your electric back to life by taking a few seconds to add some material that costs a fraction of a cent.</div><p></p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-85277404923582120762023-09-16T13:49:00.004-04:002023-09-16T13:49:50.289-04:00Let the sales begin<p>I intend to make some serious progress on slimming down my typewriter collection this fall. </p><p>My first listing on eBay is a Pluma 22. — A <i>what</i>? — That's the Spanish counterpart to the Lettera 22, minus tabulator. And this one is pink.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqIB2ZU92bjctWdArtfxjT9DLmClgdPHsy-6afQupz5QRzEw0mKqD1v9HakXeq97DlMyzqgW3zWoplvIE-UU4oIviBoL4MC-5knXSG-uud8q1J5xcSrv6d2jJ2IRbsjQrZ0yOR2Pd2MJA2TScstPGNY2rJOVRNG1hyb4W9Khgb7Xt0B8mc7GhlIzeVYdin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1771" data-original-width="1821" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqIB2ZU92bjctWdArtfxjT9DLmClgdPHsy-6afQupz5QRzEw0mKqD1v9HakXeq97DlMyzqgW3zWoplvIE-UU4oIviBoL4MC-5knXSG-uud8q1J5xcSrv6d2jJ2IRbsjQrZ0yOR2Pd2MJA2TScstPGNY2rJOVRNG1hyb4W9Khgb7Xt0B8mc7GhlIzeVYdin=w640-h622" width="640" /></a></div>You can find the listing on eBay <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/335031837252" target="_blank">here</a>.<p></p><p>You'll find all my typewriters for sale, when I list them, <a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=335031837252&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l170197&_ssn=daseiender" target="_blank">here</a>. You can also save a search for Polt typewriter, and eBay will email you whenever I put one up.<br /><br /></p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-44803606586536382462023-09-13T19:57:00.002-04:002023-09-13T19:57:44.054-04:00Staplers I have known<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you work on paper, you need to keep papers together. This is why a number of typewriter enthusiasts have also acquired a variety of staplers. I'm not a stapler collector, but I've been cleaning my study and I ran across a few that may be of interest.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This very pretty and excellent Aceliner turned up in the local St. Vincent DePaul store. I also have a staple remover that matches its marbled plastic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXL8sdBUGnLLt8ZNQGaWJj841hKbLd5gQzQHKS0nfefdOxvhfIHFxBXJAkFQzqV7TuFcdCs33ots3mhv_Ro6vZS_kegles2TyDnCCBBaIKtfIg6xVvJv-HOKBaJq2k_c6ndbnsjaBbcdVfd3Dnp0rSWWRE8FGi0fmt1WJlxVx8w2haTkeEm1ymAgbWGRZo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXL8sdBUGnLLt8ZNQGaWJj841hKbLd5gQzQHKS0nfefdOxvhfIHFxBXJAkFQzqV7TuFcdCs33ots3mhv_Ro6vZS_kegles2TyDnCCBBaIKtfIg6xVvJv-HOKBaJq2k_c6ndbnsjaBbcdVfd3Dnp0rSWWRE8FGi0fmt1WJlxVx8w2haTkeEm1ymAgbWGRZo=s16000" /></a></div>I'd forgotten that I own these midgets. I should bring them to class when papers are due and students inevitably ask if I have a stapler.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOEyMBZdeLlkvqwjwRVQxSVzFX4cGLyXDUjGJvLn_riBlk4lm5_kACJrWwddZLbkJws07S87Aef4iMR-DbL1h2mdvGTU_L0KWtpxffpX2LkuFZDY7Yu9W-jmx4jxKl1Ez96koeeYFMVtfZpKZEPWujCZ7J_NNk8LOrRnF2rCuDeX3WwRaa1n8FLz0DxW3F" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOEyMBZdeLlkvqwjwRVQxSVzFX4cGLyXDUjGJvLn_riBlk4lm5_kACJrWwddZLbkJws07S87Aef4iMR-DbL1h2mdvGTU_L0KWtpxffpX2LkuFZDY7Yu9W-jmx4jxKl1Ez96koeeYFMVtfZpKZEPWujCZ7J_NNk8LOrRnF2rCuDeX3WwRaa1n8FLz0DxW3F=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another midget is this Swingline Tot 50 which has been with me since I was under ten years old. A box of staples for it has also survived, somehow, all these years!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhs5enhqpP9U_HVSPqGJigwZLNjGjjqNIXIvSDNWraQVjswimOCWYDEeN4iwUK1pX4HRE3KNnWs8s_a1PAlnwv9C28Mr6wdxygEagrDi_HVzLrOxRFYByJcrsJ6PMG0ojGbJY36_GtGmWW3TZgcy1h_ZTx-agghP2O6-_5zmkAwQmU4FxjkDZEh_XrcfobQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="700" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhs5enhqpP9U_HVSPqGJigwZLNjGjjqNIXIvSDNWraQVjswimOCWYDEeN4iwUK1pX4HRE3KNnWs8s_a1PAlnwv9C28Mr6wdxygEagrDi_HVzLrOxRFYByJcrsJ6PMG0ojGbJY36_GtGmWW3TZgcy1h_ZTx-agghP2O6-_5zmkAwQmU4FxjkDZEh_XrcfobQ=w400-h329" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Still older is my father's stapler. It looks like it's from the 1940s. The base is Bakelite. He scratched his initials on the bottom. I can't see a maker's name on this stapler; does anyone know what it is?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiep5jCDf57jBvKzAxTBBfthYtlZTvLAiA5Sbble8U0S1jeGBUMw6ZRMsd12yJP2voi2NvsR-0VZDibI-L6D8gYjaFJIldQlBNGt8V3bkO2PA5e2lykcW2omUvOBLIhhXeE6T7nCiJRBdlCaMXQb7Z9wf-I8zJZg1A0NOq90qLXJvwQYL3NFmb4oVPdxi9k" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="700" height="523" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiep5jCDf57jBvKzAxTBBfthYtlZTvLAiA5Sbble8U0S1jeGBUMw6ZRMsd12yJP2voi2NvsR-0VZDibI-L6D8gYjaFJIldQlBNGt8V3bkO2PA5e2lykcW2omUvOBLIhhXeE6T7nCiJRBdlCaMXQb7Z9wf-I8zJZg1A0NOq90qLXJvwQYL3NFmb4oVPdxi9k=w640-h523" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally, this is not really a stapler but a Bump Paper Fastener, patented in 1914. It cuts a tab out of the paper and folds it into the cut.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoKIvWKmZ4koTCmGx5ElHKxge7V0MOkYJueHzRF39Lwc1Mo8UP5Fi6RMImZmTqwjSQC4Qx9SK85AzRYeIm29-Pu4pSwioihpqKmRvydwzgcFXnuFS09MaY0k2_ZeYizbfcwh95ZIhj69wrD2LtD-SMRCitH-_rDBayroklAxQ8ehKPgVVlibmP036aivcl" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoKIvWKmZ4koTCmGx5ElHKxge7V0MOkYJueHzRF39Lwc1Mo8UP5Fi6RMImZmTqwjSQC4Qx9SK85AzRYeIm29-Pu4pSwioihpqKmRvydwzgcFXnuFS09MaY0k2_ZeYizbfcwh95ZIhj69wrD2LtD-SMRCitH-_rDBayroklAxQ8ehKPgVVlibmP036aivcl=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a video that shows how it works.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyciXoa2Rc2-NFGg1AXc2DP-C8ZvV1tbv__QYK0Zwsu0dHUIPhPQfxUXC08hYEUyYNHiFo9V9TPvCAsDrac2A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I believe devices like this are still made in Japan and are popular there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I know Sean up in YYC has some interesting staplers too. Who else?</div> <p></p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655653784122131754.post-2569051793805882652023-09-11T11:49:00.002-04:002023-09-11T11:49:50.798-04:00A green machine<p> Here's the typewriter that goes in the case whose handle I replaced with "<a href="https://writingball.blogspot.com/2023/09/one-weird-trick-for-fixing-your.html" target="_blank">one weird trick</a>."</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEht1G9LxI8sVVciL6GMFOYRQavUh2EeuPDozEilqupFNC7vbLT17Dpa5vHg3wQC9NRC7lSQSUmUInCt86o99bxcG2U-isM-PD3KPbFBl4jg_y4TugDUfECznSspAI8Wd_Teu7clIlH9zHhjYglNxqiPTr--haihI8aCXub6yOLrBD8LzsLCiMmu7jwPkwhZ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2125" data-original-width="2351" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEht1G9LxI8sVVciL6GMFOYRQavUh2EeuPDozEilqupFNC7vbLT17Dpa5vHg3wQC9NRC7lSQSUmUInCt86o99bxcG2U-isM-PD3KPbFBl4jg_y4TugDUfECznSspAI8Wd_Teu7clIlH9zHhjYglNxqiPTr--haihI8aCXub6yOLrBD8LzsLCiMmu7jwPkwhZ=w640-h578" width="640" /></a></div>This is a 1935 Royal A portable with a deep green finish—still lovely despite the wear and chips.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlvN0UK8rJrP5GI3MCygVdRAJz53ZcB7b0FoCzP1ESq2vEXS17iWiqy2VOQ0jUuFvS6Qn0ESHQFVzsOU7i91ym0qKeEqdJlvYP0nIVpiqIrCAFYITDYcJhZdryF2FiDxIx5YvnnFrwf54knK28yryNMtKssc5vDXzdEJCARxaMg_eIQxbvdQPnnHklw6AY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><img alt="" data-original-height="2179" data-original-width="2348" height="593" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlvN0UK8rJrP5GI3MCygVdRAJz53ZcB7b0FoCzP1ESq2vEXS17iWiqy2VOQ0jUuFvS6Qn0ESHQFVzsOU7i91ym0qKeEqdJlvYP0nIVpiqIrCAFYITDYcJhZdryF2FiDxIx5YvnnFrwf54knK28yryNMtKssc5vDXzdEJCARxaMg_eIQxbvdQPnnHklw6AY=w640-h593" width="640" /></a></div>\<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs0kc1ip9n-uhMnV9AkqEnBg3Cq7DlgtuigBhdQdtuyTF2wnfj_svITsN0uh2wxrZdn5-S4IpYmuiBtH9Pyc99g7oZeRUjJYI26JlkOBtsPkCJXhVFDJ2DbY8R55BEmrBzy2NADy-Ty0zUupa_1E7iqPrLsek-ZztRilOP4zEXngdxbO5x4PuPS-G5yXS2" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2209" data-original-width="2475" height="571" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs0kc1ip9n-uhMnV9AkqEnBg3Cq7DlgtuigBhdQdtuyTF2wnfj_svITsN0uh2wxrZdn5-S4IpYmuiBtH9Pyc99g7oZeRUjJYI26JlkOBtsPkCJXhVFDJ2DbY8R55BEmrBzy2NADy-Ty0zUupa_1E7iqPrLsek-ZztRilOP4zEXngdxbO5x4PuPS-G5yXS2=w640-h571" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This typewriter was quite grimy, so I removed the shell (fairly challenging) and gave it a bath in an ultrasonic cleaning tank. Mitch Hamm alerted me that such tanks, big enough to dip a portable while keeping its keys out of the water, are now available for a mere $150 or so. Here's the Royal undergoing what sounds like electroshock therapy, but is really just a micro-agitated bath. Concentrated Simple Green Industrial Cleaner & Degreaser was added to hot water in a 1:20 ratio.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwQG310lNzcmwt1fFl3Oc8fzGyo3at-MPrloL-UWzquzEycetHtbm21uCY9YKYMo0rM8psLbO2J_jbgL5AGBg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><br /></div>I also replaced the paper bail rollers, feed rollers, and platen. The feed rollers were recovered with automotive tubing; the paper bail rollers and platen came from a ca. 1960 Futura 800 parts machine. (The 1935 platen was pockmarked and rock hard.)<p></p><p>Now this good ol' Royal is ready to write!</p>Richard Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com8