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The link above goes to an article in my blog about how to buy typewriters. I wrote it when it occurred to me that there didn't appear to be any "Typewriters for Dummies" articles online (or at least, none that I could find). I post it here for the members of T.T., so that they can enjoy it. It's been well-reviewed, and I think it's been a big help to people so far. Certainly, my regular readers seem to like it.
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Fantastic stuff. I only had a brief look as I wasn't expecting such a long article, but I plan to give a good read through tonight when I have more time.
Thanks for sharing that!
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Nice work Shangras!
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Thanks everyone. I hope that posting it here will help other new members and collectors in buying typewriters.
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Shangas wrote:
The link above goes to an article in my blog about how to buy typewriters. I wrote it when it occurred to me that there didn't appear to be any "Typewriters for Dummies" articles online (or at least, none that I could find). I post it here for the members of T.T., so that they can enjoy it. It's been well-reviewed, and I think it's been a big help to people so far. Certainly, my regular readers seem to like it.
bookmarked!
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I'm glad I read that article before I posted a question. Maybe that article should be part of an FAQ on the site?
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I just wanted to say I read this guide before buying my machine. It was very helpful. Thank you.
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7-years late to this discussion...
The article-link is no longer valid and its author has not logged on to this forum since 2015.
Was this article saved/moved to another section of the forum ???
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No, the content that was linked to was not copied to a post here. The onus of posting information here versus supplying a link to information hosted elsewhere is on the person who created the thread (topic). This situation is representative of the ephemeral nature of most internet sources; the wealth of information that appears, only to eventually disappear from the internet, is a byproduct of people having to continuously pay money to keep it visible.
Some of the best websites on the internet - resources that are the result of years worth of research and study - will likely be forever lost when its owner ceases paying the hosting fee. It's one of the biggest negatives of the internet; can you imagine a reference library with books that simply disappear off the shelves for no reason and without warning?
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Thanks, Uwe...I was afraid that was the case. Many discussion forums loose photos and/or links to forums with multiple software version upgrades over time. And when Photo-Bucket changed their "free" hosting feature to a pay/fee basis, lots of photos in many other forum discussions were lost to time.
Whatever I place on Imgur.com, I have those photo-files and other attachments on my local hard drives as well.
And I am in the habit now of cut & pasting an interesting and/or informative posting on a forum over to my word-processing application, again locally on my drives.