1980 Robotron 20 #680668
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Paolo Dal Chiele (pdcox)
Created: 04-22-2023 at 11:41AM
Last Edit: 04-22-2023 at 11:57AM
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Description:
The third of the new Robotron 20 found in Bucharest.
Contrary to the other two, this typewriter was made ready for use some time, but it has never actually written one word since it left Erfurt more than forty years ago.
I have preferred not to install the ribbon, and the typeface sample has been done using carbon paper.
Pica.
As confirmed by the amount of work I had to do to adjust the carriage and writing, the adjustment of the typewriter was not done at the factory but by the distributor.
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Hunter: Paolo Dal Chiele (pdcox)
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