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1991 Panasonic R194 Serial # 1HAUA04170U 1991 Panasonic R194 typewriter, Serial # 1HAUA04170U Tas Kyprianou's 1991 Panasonic R194 typewriter. 2024-02-04 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Tas Kyprianou: 1991 Panasonic R194 Serial # 1HAUA04170U It came to me having hardly been used and supplied in its original box with paperwork.
This thing took a little while to grow on me though. My initial thoughts were "eeew" & "soulless", and I suppose I'd still say they are. However, the more I used this thing the faster my typing became. The words flew out from this. Specs say 15 characters per second top speed and I can confirm ZERO lag. Zero. The thing is SO easy to type on. Soft in its touch and typing feel. A myriad of functions too but, with a slightly different 'logic' to my Canons and Silver Reeds, the instruction manual needed to be nearby to put to use its plethora of functions. I've rather grown to like it. Imprint is sharp and crisp and the Courier 10 wheel's typeface is easy to read. This Panasonic is a very capable machine, not sure I'd pick it up to write deep meaningful letters or poetry on but if I wanted to say "hi" to a bunch of friends, I could do far far worse.

Serial number makes no sense to me in terms of identifying a manufacture date.

1991 Panasonic R194 #1HAUA04170U

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Hunter: Tas Kyprianou (Tas)
Created: 11-06-2023 at 10:40AM
Last Edit: 02-04-2024 at 10:02AM

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It came to me having hardly been used and supplied in its original box with paperwork.
This thing took a little while to grow on me though. My initial thoughts were "eeew" & "soulless", and I suppose I'd still say they are. However, the more I used this thing the faster my typing became. The words flew out from this. Specs say 15 characters per second top speed and I can confirm ZERO lag. Zero. The thing is SO easy to type on. Soft in its touch and typing feel. A myriad of functions too but, with a slightly different 'logic' to my Canons and Silver Reeds, the instruction manual needed to be nearby to put to use its plethora of functions. I've rather grown to like it. Imprint is sharp and crisp and the Courier 10 wheel's typeface is easy to read. This Panasonic is a very capable machine, not sure I'd pick it up to write deep meaningful letters or poetry on but if I wanted to say "hi" to a bunch of friends, I could do far far worse.

Serial number makes no sense to me in terms of identifying a manufacture date.

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Hunter: Tas Kyprianou (Tas)

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UK member with Greek Cypriot heritage, living in London.
Relatively new to the hobby - My first machine was an Everest Mod 90 that I bought after watching a Violet Evergarden anime in December 2021.
My collection now consists of 40 machines. Nice round number. Time to stop I reckon. . .

My absolute favourite remains (just) my 1939 Royal KMM. For me, it's both the prettiest and the "warmest" to type on. It has "Majik" (with a nod to Sandy1)
I count my blessings that I am lucky enough to have amassed such a beautiful bunch.


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