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196X Argyle P-201 Serial # 2923900 196X Argyle P-201 typewriter, Serial # 2923900 Dan Johnson's 196X Argyle P-201 typewriter. 2016-06-14 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Dan Johnson: 196X Argyle P-201 Serial # 2923900 Having encountered Keith McBride's "Retro Tech Office Machines" blog entry[*] from 2011 about his (then) new P-201, I went out to find one. They don't seem as rare at the moment that they seemed to have been several years ago.

This one appears to be almost brand new. Its case is stained on the inside (oddly), but it seems to have done its job of protecting the machine.

I agree with Keith's assessment that this may be useful for casual correspondence or notes, but I wouldn't want to type anything lengthy on it. It is pretty.

It is rather noisy as the type bars slam back against rounded metal. I took the liberty of affixing a strip of craft foam behind them, so now it doesn't make quite so much racket.

There seems to be no serial number information in the TypewriterDatabase, and the brief instruction guide that came with it has no date imprinted on it, so the "196X" date is a guess.

[*] http://retrotechofficemachines.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-argyle-p201-is-here.html

196X Argyle P-201 #2923900

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Dan Johnson (rdj)
Created: 04-02-2014 at 12:25PM
Last Edit: 06-14-2016 at 01:15PM

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Having encountered Keith McBride's "Retro Tech Office Machines" blog entry[*] from 2011 about his (then) new P-201, I went out to find one. They don't seem as rare at the moment that they seemed to have been several years ago.

This one appears to be almost brand new. Its case is stained on the inside (oddly), but it seems to have done its job of protecting the machine.

I agree with Keith's assessment that this may be useful for casual correspondence or notes, but I wouldn't want to type anything lengthy on it. It is pretty.

It is rather noisy as the type bars slam back against rounded metal. I took the liberty of affixing a strip of craft foam behind them, so now it doesn't make quite so much racket.

There seems to be no serial number information in the TypewriterDatabase, and the brief instruction guide that came with it has no date imprinted on it, so the "196X" date is a guess.

[*] http://retrotechofficemachines.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-argyle-p201-is-here.html

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