1975 Brother Activator 850TR #A5283120
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Daniel Burgoyne (Ixzed23)
Created: 08-07-2025 at 12:07PM
Last Edit: 08-07-2025 at 12:12PM
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Description:
Found locally at a thrift store and passed it twice before "saving" it on my third weekly visit. Was pretty clean save for the typeslugs.
It works surprisingly well. Keyboard is snappy, yet not hard to press.
This might make a good travel typewriter due to its light 4.75 kg mass.
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Hunter: Daniel Burgoyne (Ixzed23)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 740
Bonjour! I am from the region of Montreal, Quebec and moved to Ottawa, Ontario in 1992.
Amateur watchmaker and machinist, I love anything mechanical, hydraulic or electric. I have restored American and Canadian clocks and small lathes, milling machines and a jig bore.
Most of my typewriters have French Canadian QWERTY keyboards, with some exception for rare finds.
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