- M. Höhne
- Key Master
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- Registered: 14-3-2013
- Posts: 637
Re: The oddest beast?
Fabric to carbon ribbon changeover: I have a Facit 1820 electric with a dual ribbon system which keeps both ribbons mounted and ready all the time. Changeover is via a four-position lever at the left of the keyboard: Black, Red, Stencil, and Carbon. Changeover is instant and easy. I haven't looked at how the IBMs and Royals do it.
- beak
- Key Master
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- From: Qld Australia
- Registered: 24-3-2013
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Re: The oddest beast?
Yes agreed - punched tape is wrong, now that you point it out. I assume we are meant to understand that the paper ribbon is being typed on directly by the typist - but how this is 'decoding' I don't know. Perhaps for the sake of this film, the appearance of decoding was all that was required; mention coded messages,show keyboard machine, show tape, show officer reading it. It was enough for me, the first time I saw the film, to tell the story.
Sincerely,
beak.
- beak
- Key Master
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- From: Qld Australia
- Registered: 24-3-2013
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Re: The oddest beast?
M. Höhne wrote:
Fabric to carbon ribbon changeover: I have a Facit 1820 electric with a dual ribbon system which keeps both ribbons mounted and ready all the time. Changeover is via a four-position lever ..............
Yes, it is the same for my Hermes Ambassador - you simply flip the ribbon selector to the carbon position and off you go.
Sincerely,
beak.
