- JustAnotherGuy
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Re: The Royal HH - am I missing something?
ztyper wrote:
This tendency is (from what I have experienced) very true. American made machines are very basic in engineering compared to other companies. Let's compare the Olympia SM-4 and the Remington Letter-Riter. They're both from the same era of typewriter but very different machines. The Letter-Riter lacks a paper rest, half spacing, obvious ratchet release ,1 1/2 line spacing, and a sufficient touch-control while the Olympia has all that including a way to see how much lines you have left on the paper rest, a way to align your text, and a line drawer. There's nothing wrong with the Letter-Riter, it just feels a bit underwhelming. I suppose this was done on purpose with the no-frills way of American engineering. In the end though, it's all about the preformance of the machine and if you like it, that's all that really matters.
Well, the SM4 was Olympia's top of the line portable and the Letter-Riter was more a budget model, so it might not be fair to compare the two. However, I do agree that many American designs seem to omit some more specialized features in the '50s than their European counterparts.
- ztyper
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Re: The Royal HH - am I missing something?
I was aware of the type of model difference and that the Quiet-Riter was top of the line for Reminton, but I wasn't sure if there was any difference between the Quiet-Riter and the Letter-Riter besides the "Miracle Tab" feature. So I just listed all the differences I found.
A high schooler with a lot of typewriters. That's pretty much about it.
- beak
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Re: The Royal HH - am I missing something?
Yes! I liked that aspect too. No. it's not a universal feature, but it should be!
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Re: The Royal HH - am I missing something?
Well! That was embarrassingly easy....
The 'paper support' is one of those telescopic things with a magnet on the end that are handy for picking (typewriter) screws up from the floor. It snapped instantly and firmly into place, moves with the carriage, and is fully adjustable!
Shall make something better one day, but for now; problem scotched.
Just change the shape a litle tiny bit and you could patent that idea!
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- TypewriterKing
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Re: The Royal HH - am I missing something?
By the way, can you get "Bandstand Sundays" tuned in with that thing? har har har!!
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