- Dec 2024
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www.youtube.com www.youtube.com
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The 2023 Rover Typewriter: Worst Machine Ever? by [[Typewriter Chicago]]
I know Michaels was carrying the We R Memory Keepers typewriter, but hadn't heard about Home Depot carrying them.
Rover made by Shanghai Weilv Mechanism Company still making typewriters (bad quality control, plastic, poor alignment). These are variously rebadged as: - the Rover - the Royal Epoch - We R Memory Keepers (Michaels, Home Depot) - Royal Classic (metal shell) - Maplefield (Target, Walmart, Michaels) - The Oliver Typewriter Company
Will Davis has determined that they're all based on the Olympia Carina.
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- Aug 2024
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typographica.org typographica.org
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In America, the National Office Machine Dealer Association periodically published the Blue Book, a catalog with type samples and other information about the industry.
National Office Machine Dealer Association
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www.youtube.com www.youtube.com
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Around 1960 Smith-Corona bought out British Typewriters Ltd. (aka Empire) in West Bromwich, England and used the plant to make a version of the Smith-Corona Skyriter which they sold under the Empire name.
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- Jul 2024
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www.reddit.com www.reddit.com
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"The factory cannot only look at the profit index. It must distribute wealth, culture, services, democracy. I think factory for man, not man for factory, right? The divisions between capital and labour, industry and agriculture, production and culture must be overcome. Sometimes, when I work late I see the lights of the workers working double shifts, the clerks, the engineers, and I feel like going to pay my respects." —Adriano Olivetti
quote likely from Incontro con la Olivetti (Giorgio Ferroni, 1950) via the Archivio Nazionale Cinema Impresa
via https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1e5gz0i/in_me_non_c%C3%A8_che_futuro/
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mytypewriter.com mytypewriter.com
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http://mytypewriter.com/eProducts/Ribbon_List_102806.pdf
A somewhat handy chart of typewriter ribbons by make and model. Will require some work to puzzle out the standards however.
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www.youtube.com www.youtube.com
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Is There a Typewriter Revival? by [[Joe Van Cleave]]
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- May 2024
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www.swintec.com www.swintec.com