- BrianE
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Re: Your Ebay watch list
Uwe wrote:
Google Translate is not reliable for professional use, but for an eBay auction your questions will most likely be understood.
My suggestion would be to buy one locally, one that you can thoroughly test and see if you like using. Past that it depends on which era you would like a portable from. I'm partial to machines from the '50s, but maybe you want something more modern, or more "antique".
Remembered enough to politely ask if she speaks English because my German isn't very good. Fortunately her English is probably *far* better than my German. : )
I'd love to "try before I buy" but for a city its size, San Antonio doesn't seem to have many typewriters. The ones I have seen are probably from the 70's and seem very high at around $60-$100
Uwe's right: buy one you can test.
The sine qua non of the nice comfortable portable must be the Olympia SM9, though, or SM8. I also love the Hermes 3000, and the Smith-Corona Silent-Super. Of the ultra-compact ones, the Olympia splendid and Hermes Baby are both - well - splendid. But there are tons of really nice machines out there and that is the problem!
Thanks! I'll keep those in mind. I just hunt & peck, but Missus touch types & doesn't like (or remember) the shift keys moving the entire carriage mechanism. Slows her down because I think the idea is to press each key with same pressure. Shift requires more pressure & is "clunky" in her opinion...
So at some point I guess an advancement was having the typing mechanism go down rather than moving the carriage up?
I hope that makes sense. Need to learn the technical terms. : )
- malole
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So at some point I guess an advancement was having the typing mechanism go down rather than moving the carriage up?
I hope that makes sense. Need to learn the technical terms. : )
That's the basket-shift or segment-shift typewriter, rather than carriage shift (which goes up) Yes, I prefer the segment shift too, though I always used a clunky upwards carriage shifted machine before.
Typewriters that I know of that have the segment shift are the Lettera 22 & 32, the Smith Corona Silent & Smith Corona Sterling, Smith Corona Classic 12, and two of my Adler Tippas the Tippa S have segment shift as well. I'm sure others will point out other segment shifted machines too. My knowledge is limited to the machines that I own. Though some carriage shifts are lighter than others by quite a bit.
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- TypewriterGuy
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Re: Your Ebay watch list
I like carriage shift models. Why? No clue...
Back from a long break.
Starting fresh with my favorite typer. A Royal Futura!
- JustAnotherGuy
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Here's a nice early Smith-Corona that is at a pretty low price. Look closely at the the type slugs. Do you see it? This appears to be a cursive\italic machine. If you you want it you should act quick, it ends in a half hour.
- Spazmelda
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Ah, the Smith-Corona ended before I got a chance to see it. $47, not a bad price for a cursive typewriter. Did someone here manage to get it?
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Nope D:
Back from a long break.
Starting fresh with my favorite typer. A Royal Futura!
- JustAnotherGuy
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Here's another steal. At the time of posting, this Hermes 3000 is going for $10 plus shipping. Better act fast, 2 hours left.
- JustAnotherGuy
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Oops, forgot to add that it's item no.201381328696
- Spazmelda
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Oops, forgot to add that it's item no.201381328696
Woot! Thanks, and it's cursive!
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You bought it? That's great! I was hoping someone here would bite.
