1964 Olympia SF #95-0927379
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Michael Hoehne (mhoehne)
Created: 10-06-2025 at 12:34PM
Last Edit: 10-06-2025 at 12:39PM
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Description:
German keyboard layout. Found in a thrift store in a small town. Only problem was two slugs had been broken off and I was able to replace the typebars from a parts SF that I had bought 13 years earlier for $2. See, it all works out.
I also have a ‘65 with English keyboard and there are some interesting differences: the earlier German keyboard has a shorter carriage return lever and a thicker DIN 2103 spool spindle.
My sample is too small to know whether these differences are market based or model-year based or customer options.
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Hunter: Michael Hoehne (mhoehne)
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