Typewriter Talk / Brother PersonalType PY-80

**Posted by Amelia** 23-8-2014 00:11:34

Got this little battery operated machine back in June.
It's super fun to use!
This is the third machine in my "collection."
(The other two are a Princess 300 and an Olympia DeLuxe SM-9)
http://imgur.com/a/xMmNW (all photos available in this album link, including product info)

**Posted by Uwe** 23-8-2014 13:00:06

How bizarre! A battery-operated typewriter? I'm having a hard time figuring out the scale of this machine; does it take a letter-size sheet of paper? Could you post its dimensions - and a type sample would be super cool!

**Posted by thetypewriterman** 23-8-2014 15:56:44

Silver-Reed marketed something very similar in England around 1983-'84. I seem to remember that the Silver-Reed version was called a pengraph. It actually drew the characters on the paper using tiny replaceable ball-point pen tips. It didn't sell well and was soon withdrawn.

**Posted by Amelia** 23-8-2014 21:45:47

Uwe wrote:
How bizarre! A battery-operated typewriter? I'm having a hard time figuring out the scale of this machine; does it take a letter-size sheet of paper? Could you post its dimensions - and a type sample would be super cool!

Yep. It takes 6 D size batteries.
And yes, it can take letter size paper.
It is 12.2" x 11.2" x 3.7" (dimensions in inches)
or 310mm x 285mm x 93mm
It weighs less than 5 pounds (4.85lb to be exact).
It is quite small considering it is a more modern typewriter (manufactured in 1995).
For a type sample, visit my blog (link in my signature) and read my latest post.

**Posted by Amelia** 23-8-2014 21:56:13

thetypewriterman wrote:
Silver-Reed marketed something very similar in England around 1983-'84. I seem to remember that the Silver-Reed version was called a pengraph. It actually drew the characters on the paper using tiny replaceable ball-point pen tips. It didn't sell well and was soon withdrawn.

I looked up the pengraph. It reminds me of the Brother EP series from the 80s, in appearance at least.
Does anyone on here own a pengraph?

**Posted by Ektagraphic** 25-12-2014 00:09:32

Wow! This is pretty neat! It would be cool to drag this around places and see what kind of looks people give! I suppose that any typewriter would do really, but this one seems to re-define ultra portable ;)