- thetypewriterman
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Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread
Regarding the Olympia Regina, I think that is the only re-badged East German Olympia. I am not aware of any others. The Regina does turn up on UK e-bay from time to time. Maybe it was only sold in Europe ? Not a bad machine, but not a real Olympia either ! It would have been hilarious if they had been made to take Optimas - full circle !
- tothetrail
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Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread
Valiant wrote:
Looks clean.... How about a type sample?
In its new home.
- Uwe
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Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread
It would have been hilarious if they had been made to take Optimas - full circle !
That really would have been something! And an awfully bitter pill to swallow for Olympia given they would have been produced in its old factories, never mind the confusion it would have caused collectors in the 21st Century; imagine buying a late '70s 'Olympia' and seeing a badge that stated it was made in Erfurt?
The pronoun I has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
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Thread Starter- Typewriterlv
- Platen Punisher
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- Registered: 25-9-2015
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Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread
i love the green ribbon! i have the green ribbon in my SM4 with the #75 typeface too. the combination looks great on white or cream paper.
- Spazmelda
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Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread
I love that script SM3. I think the typeface is the same as my SF Deluxe.
I picked this little guy at the antique mall today. I think I got a good deal on it because it was pretty badly gummed up with dirt, congealed grease, and spider webs. Works great after an initial cleaning. 1952 Smith Corona Sterling, nothing special, but I had been wanting one anyway.
- Adventurer
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Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread
Helios (Ultima) - strange three shift machine, using 20 keys to enter 80 characters. Uses typewheel, similar to Blicks. Condition -working, platen would need replacement, as the rubber is very thin. Used a ribbon from Oliver, a bit wider than needed, but works. It does not have all english allhabet keys in normal state, such as z, x, y, and it is a chalenge to guess which character needs which of the three shift keys.
Typing experience - horrible, it feels like a real physical workout, for example, Blick has much better typing experience, although it is not an easy typer.
Some interesting notes - paper support is missing machine name, although it does not looks repainted or paint loss. Serial number - B101, underneath the machine, I believe it might have been a test/demo model before real release, therefore machine name is not there.
Heavily infected with typewriter aquisition syndrome... Please help!
- KatLondon
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Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread
Spazmelda, yes but that's so nice! What's the typeface?
- KatLondon
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Adventurer, that is some machine! I have a Blick - it's beautiful but it needs tons of work. Fortunately I wasn't thinking to be using it for much... ;)
- Spazmelda
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Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread
Kat- the typeface is nothing special. Pica something very normal typewriter looking.
Adventurer- That Helios may be a pain to use, but it sure is amazing looking.
- tothetrail
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Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread
i love the green ribbon! i have the green ribbon in my SM4 with the #75 typeface too. the combination looks great on white or cream paper.
Thanks! I'll have to try cream paper, I've never used that before. Yes, I got a nice little multi pack of 6 or 7 different color ribbons from Amazon and they're working great. Had to use the green to match the desk.
