Hi Everyone, Yeah! its been one of those weeks - first of all my lawn mower man brings me the grottiest, ( that's Oz for Yuk) broken down old portable case you...
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Cuyler Brooks
beroaldus2001
Feb 3, 2002 4:31 am
... I have three of these things, but only one has the plus-minus lever under the front of the left spool. None have pins in the right end of the platen...
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fednick1941
Feb 3, 2002 4:50 am
... lever ... of ... than ... The sounds like a reasonable theory except why would you need two. The paper guide would seem to do a better job and the left pin...
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Cuyler Brooks
beroaldus2001
Feb 3, 2002 4:59 am
... Wow - a kangaroo will bring you one in her pouch next! Sorry to hear about Will Davis, I was just starting on annotating my inventory and found some...
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Cuyler Brooks
beroaldus2001
Feb 3, 2002 5:07 am
... Aha - I had imagined that both pins were the same distance from the edge of the platen. What diameter are these pins? The SM9 I have with a manual must...
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JAY RESPLER
jayrespler
Feb 3, 2002 7:37 am
No, the Intntl has a rectangle base similar to early Odell. This machine, America, not American, is similar to Odell 4. "AMERICA TYPE WRITER No 5" is exactly...
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fednick1941
Feb 3, 2002 12:59 pm
... imagined that both pins were the same distance from the edge ... says "whilst". I ... Remember when they had multi-page forms with carbons and a detachable...
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jleater
Feb 3, 2002 2:17 pm
If my dealings with Olympia are anything to go by they would not supply a semi-portable, A SG3 with its rapid advance would be their recomended option. jeff...
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fednick1941
Feb 3, 2002 3:37 pm
... Well the fun part about German machinery from the 1950s and 60s is the engineering (or more accurately over engineering) which runs to huge efforts for...
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Jim
typewrit
Feb 3, 2002 4:22 pm
Jay It would help if you scanned an image and placed it in Yahoo files for us to see. If you don't know, who does. Possibly a name variant? Dax...
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Jim
typewrit
Feb 3, 2002 4:42 pm
... My first computer was a Wang ($30,000 in the 1970's) and we had to have an in-house computer programmer and a separate room to operate it. When I used it...
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Gary Bothe
bothe_g
Feb 3, 2002 5:28 pm
Jim and all, My first computer was a Coleco Adam (with the audio cassette memory). One of the most important things that came with it was Basic and the related...
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fednick1941
Feb 3, 2002 7:20 pm
... say ... has lots ... The one tha gets me is "the bell even dings" Whats this fascination with the bell? ... http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/...
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Cuyler Brooks
beroaldus2001
Feb 3, 2002 7:46 pm
... I do remember those forms - I worked for the federal government for 39 years - but never saw any equipment that used the holes in the top. I have typed...
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Cuyler Brooks
beroaldus2001
Feb 3, 2002 8:04 pm
... On this machine Olympia long car. 3898657 man port R 11 which has in the case "Operating Instructions" for the "SM" and a specs sheet for the SM9, the...
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schwarz-schnaittach@...
typer47
Feb 3, 2002 8:12 pm
Hello Paul and others, yes I know that list, but unfortunately I only own one of its predecessors from 1961: "Liste der Herstellungsdaten deutscher und...
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fednick1941
Feb 3, 2002 9:04 pm
... platen ... protruding ... platen, ... hole. ... and lies in a cutout in the rubber. Theoretically I suppose you could: (1) insert the form; (2) engage the...
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Cuyler Brooks
beroaldus2001
Feb 3, 2002 9:21 pm
... Aha - that makes sense. So they would align a form once, and then when it was in place you would depend on the paper feed. Perhaps rather than multipart...
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Thomar1@...
thomar999
Feb 3, 2002 10:07 pm
I believe what you have is a label holding platen used mainly by pharmacies. These platens were special order items from Ames Supply as I recall. Try raising...
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fednick1941
Feb 3, 2002 11:00 pm
... pharmacies. ... recall. Try ... then ... released. ... point ... I think you have solved the mystery. There is a grove on the bottom tip of each pin....
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fednick1941
Feb 3, 2002 11:04 pm
... Just realized the answer - you couldn't easily slip the prescrition under pins without having the carriage extend some 6 1/2" beyond the typewriter body...
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Mike Fritch
jmfritch
Feb 3, 2002 11:17 pm
Ray, You beat me to it! As soon as I realized those pins were an actual part of the platen I knew we were dealing with a label platen as used in pharmacies at...
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n8eule
Feb 4, 2002 2:24 am
Hello List, I could update the Serial number database: http://www.tw-db.com ! Thanks to Paul, who was so friendly, to help me with informations again. I didn't...
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fednick1941
Feb 4, 2002 2:27 am
... pharmacies. ... recall. Try ... then ... released. ... point ... It seems to accommodate only a small pill bottle size label (about 1 1/4") because the...
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JAY RESPLER
jayrespler
Feb 4, 2002 5:56 am
... Good to know I'm now a public servant :) -- Jay Respler -- JRespler@... SKY VIEWS: http://mars.superlink.net/jrespler/skyviews.htm Satellite...
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earlydaz
Feb 4, 2002 6:53 am
The fascination, dear Mike, as that it makes a noise, and ends a sequence, much like the reaction of Pavlov's dog . I know absolutely no-one with a...
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Paul Robert
probert1955
Feb 4, 2002 7:52 am
Friends, There's a Keaton music writer for sale: Lisa's email is zerkle@......
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JAY RESPLER
jayrespler
Feb 4, 2002 8:30 am
... Go to my web site: http://uweb.superlink.net/jrespler/moreInfo Part way down page find: Typewriter Illustrations and Identification Guide Choose America 5...
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Paul Robert
probert1955
Feb 4, 2002 8:35 am
Friends, Yahoo chose the Virtual Typewriter Museum as Pick of the Day on Feb 2. The result has been a record number of visitors to the site. 850 people passed...
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JAY RESPLER
jayrespler
Feb 4, 2002 8:37 am
... -- Jay Respler -- JRespler@... SKY VIEWS: http://mars.superlink.net/jrespler/skyviews.htm Satellite Tracker * Early Typewriter Collector ...
