197X ABC (Messa) 2000 S #6419192
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Jerry Himes (JJH)
Created: 08-31-2024 at 03:02PM
Last Edit: 08-31-2024 at 03:05PM
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Description:
Didn't really need another one of these, but wanted to see if it has a softer platen, and it has, so feeding the paper works a bit better. Still, I will probably clean it and sell it or gift it away. It has a maintenance sticker under the ribbon cover with the date 7.12.1974, so we can make an educated guess that it manufactured in the early 1970s.
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Hunter: Jerry Himes (JJH)
Jerry Himes's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 694
I have been looking for ways to spend less time on electronic devices, and because of this I started doing my writing and translation work with pens and pencils, and now on typewriters as well.
I will probably start selling and giving away some of my machines after I figure out which ones are most useful to me. Some people have asked me for a working typewriter, so I have been on the lookout for machines purely for that purpose as well.
Machines sold/given away:
Triumph Gabriele 20
Hermes 3000 (3rd gen., French)
Student (Brother) Deluxe 850TR
Optima (Zentronik) Mod. 42
Scheidegger (Olivetti) President
Olympia SG 3 N
Reviews done so far:
Erika Daro Model 41
Hermes 3000 (3rd gen.)
Olivetti Lettera 32
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