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    24-9-2022 19:07:31  #1

    Pete E.
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    Olympia - ColorTip ???

    Does anyone know what Olympia was doing with their machines sub-labled as "ColorTip" ?

    Was it just marketing hype to make something old & established sound a bit more new & improved ?

    Or were/are there subtle changes to the ColortTip machines not seen in the other machines coming out of Olympia at the same time ?
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    25-9-2022 11:05:37  #2

    Uwe
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    Re: Olympia - ColorTip ???

    I've come across SM3, SM5, SM7, SM8, and SM9 Colortip and Colortip-S branded variants. I assumed that these machines had something to do with the Colortip typing course that was created by Schreib GMBH, which was perhaps included with these models as part of a marketing exercise. I've haven't bothered to dig into this at all, so it's just speculation on my part.

     

    25-9-2022 16:22:37  #3

    Pete E.
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    Re: Olympia - ColorTip ???

    Thanks, Uwe...

    Wonder if they use some method of color-coding the key-tops as some of the touch-typing systems did

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