1966 Royal Custom III #CM6675321
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Garrison Aa (RooftopKitty)
Created: 07-13-2019 at 11:01PM
Last Edit: 07-13-2019 at 11:01PM
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Description:
Great little machine in great shape at purchase. Currently on loan to mother-in-law to help her communicate after a stroke left her unable to write.
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Hunter: Garrison Aa (RooftopKitty)
Garrison Aa's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 140
Long time typewriter admirer, newly minted collector. I was part of the IBM Boca Raton team that built the PC XT, the PC AT and IBM PC DOS (IBM's version of MS DOS). Little did we know that we were contributing to the shift away from these beautiful machines.
In those days (1980's) every admin bay at work had two IBM Selectric typewriters and our supply cabinets had fresh boxes of ribbons and type elements for anyone to help themselves. If I only knew then ...
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