197X Smith Corona Coronamatic 2200 #8E A32209
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Linda Au (Austruck)
Created: 09-21-2016 at 09:54PM
Last Edit: 10-07-2016 at 08:50PM
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Description:
Bought from a man via Craigslist for $20 on 9/21/16. Was looking for a smallish electric for those times when I want the ease of an electric but didn't want to haul around the monster Selectric.
Uses proprietary ribbon cartridges instead of regular spools, but they seem to be easily found online for about ten bucks, so I'm counting this a win. Needs a little TLC for cleaning but everything seems to be working properly.
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Hunter: Linda Au (Austruck)
Linda Au's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 70
Humorist. Novelist. Scapegoat.
I'm happy to own 17 typewriters currently. Two are models from my childhood: a Royal Signet portable (my first typewriter when I was about 10), and an Underwood TM-5 (used in 9th grade typing class circa 1975).
I used my IBM Selectric II to win NaNoWriMo every year till it mysteriously bit the dust early in 2020. I use my Selectric I a lot since it fits perfectly on my antique typewriter desk. Some of the manuals are currently being used to type letters to new penpals who are all interested in reviving snail-mail letter writing.
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