196X Commodore 2000 #711518
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mark Rosenzweig (MarkR)
Created: 03-30-2015 at 05:55AM
Last Edit: 04-09-2015 at 05:38AM
Description:
Relabelled ABC 2000 has typical ABC escapement issues. Carriage doesn't move when pressing character keys but space bar will move carriage, although it makes a loud clunk each time. Made in West Germany, probably in the 1960s.
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Hunter: Mark Rosenzweig (MarkR)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 316
I have collected typewriters since the early 1970s. My first collectible machine was a Mignon, but I also had everyday typers then, first a Voss ST-24 and an Olivetti Praxis 48, and then a Hermes 3000 and a Hermes 10. Over the last decade or so, I've turned my focus from early machines (Lambert, Blickensderfer, Hammond, Smith-Premier, etc.) to portables.
Besides typewriters, I also am avid about Studebakers, and have had a 1964 Studebaker GT Hawk since 1979.
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