Category Archives: Typewriters

Meet Me at Mt Royal & Drolet

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Smith Corona Sterling 1947

Smith Corona Sterling 1947

Remington Portable 2 1926

Remington Portable 2 1926

McCormick sold this business to my father

McCormick sold this business to my father

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The Third Gnome

George Alexander Louis Armstrong Gnome

George Alexander Louis Armstrong Gnome

the 3rd gnome

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Gnome Narrowly Escapes Falling Pot

fungi1-one with the fungus

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Yellow Sub-conscious

every gnome's got one

every gnome’s got one

1-whats in a name

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Duck à la Wall

wall ducks in flight

wall ducks in flight

wall ducks

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Royal Canadian Typewriter

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ROYAL QDL

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Ernest was here

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for Canadians only eh?

for Canadians only eh?

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And Who Shall Lead Them?

aristocrats presume to lead

aristocrats presume to lead

1-the promised land

is that world wide web-ster?

is that world wide web-ster?

spanish italian american

spanish italian american

 

 

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USB Typewriter Kit

testing the usb typewriter
here it is – it sees to be working now, qwertyuiop
asdfghjkl;@
zxcvbn,./mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
return works too, but o caps yet no caps yet
set touch o heavy ow o nnnow does tend to skip some letters
like the n at times space works UUUUUUUASDOESTHESHIFT
BUTnot together it sems seems MM MM CAPS
to sumarkie summariesummarize:some functions ork,
others need to be teaked.Suspect the code has a bug that ill
not allo caps lock and space bar function to work simultaneously,
but other than that it does work=+, although e seem to have
mapped a few characters to twhe wrong keys.
Oh yes, we have instaled this on an Olympia SM9 Deluxe.
We modified the installation instructions and installed a ne
cross member made of wood, hich holds the contact strip. I ill
post a photo ot two ith this. EOM

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Olympia SM9

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other end of sensor

other end of sensor

felt strip acts as cushion for thin metal contact strips

felt strip acts as cushion for thin metal contact strips

magnet and switch for space bar

magnet and reed switch for space bar

wood crossbar holds sensor strip

wood crossbar holds sensor strip

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One Upping the Aristocracy

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the aristocracy

the aristocracy

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Typing in the Future

1-one year

4.6 kg of gold!!

4.6 kg of gold!!

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