tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897251519490477449.post2118740832770136056..comments2023-06-07T06:26:24.546-05:00Comments on Vintage Technology Obsessions: IBM Electromatic SightingDwayne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07032059161503386028noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897251519490477449.post-21649390013409620862016-01-19T12:30:56.672-06:002016-01-19T12:30:56.672-06:00Cool. But it must be a mill, no? Why else a caps-o...Cool. But it must be a mill, no? Why else a caps-only machine?<br /><br />Funny that there's such an elaborate mechanism to activate such a reduced, simple set of characters.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897251519490477449.post-83306852349426210632016-01-18T20:07:34.036-06:002016-01-18T20:07:34.036-06:00Really reasonable at $40. That made leaving it beh...Really reasonable at $40. That made leaving it behind all the harder, but I don't even have space to keep my IBM Executive out in the open. Sad - the innards on this machine were really beautiful bits of engineering.Dwayne F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07032059161503386028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897251519490477449.post-52558658493785611272016-01-18T20:05:35.989-06:002016-01-18T20:05:35.989-06:00Thanks for the info! While at the store, I did a q...Thanks for the info! While at the store, I did a quick Google search and your blog entry turned up in the top ten!Dwayne F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07032059161503386028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897251519490477449.post-82387356100387644072016-01-18T20:04:38.089-06:002016-01-18T20:04:38.089-06:00I hope it finds a good home. It isn't a prime ...I hope it finds a good home. It isn't a prime key chopper candidate, so I have hope :)Dwayne F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07032059161503386028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897251519490477449.post-11416794912101142682016-01-18T16:47:11.306-06:002016-01-18T16:47:11.306-06:00Just as a matter of interest, what price was it?Just as a matter of interest, what price was it?David Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259460000524812739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897251519490477449.post-4936195736389473282016-01-18T08:01:59.843-06:002016-01-18T08:01:59.843-06:00Oooh, another one! My father used to sell typewrit...Oooh, another one! My father used to sell typewriters for IBM. We found one of these monster machines in my late aunts' storage. I did a little research -- see this blog post of mine that includes pics of it: http://danteswardrobe.blogspot.com/2012/03/it-was-dark-and-stormy-typewriter.html<br /><br />Unfortunately the link posted there to the PDF of the service manual is broken, but it you check The Google using this search string "IBM Model 01 electric typewriter service manual" you'll find 2 different manuals.<br /><br />Long live the Typosphere!J.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716960326168886178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897251519490477449.post-54153381755319300572016-01-18T00:26:35.498-06:002016-01-18T00:26:35.498-06:00There should be an orphanage where we can send ...There should be an orphanage where we can send 'em, and where they'll be looked after. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com