Vintage Technology Obsessions

A blog about all kinds of vintage technology from simple mechanisms of the late 1800s through electronics and robotics of the 1980s. Many posts will be typecast and some will be off topic bits from everyday life. The blog will wander and meander with my quasi-evolving and ever changing interests.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Analog Record Keeping and Kansas City History

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I'm plucking out cards from cancelled sales for typing use.  This is the back of a card like the one below. The story of one custo...
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Friday, November 25, 2011

Mousiest Royal Futura - Except for the Awesome Font

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Early morning sun brings out the best in this color combination. The subject today is the world's mousiest looking Royal Futura 80...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Another Hostage Crisis

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UPDATE:  Less than 8 hours to go on the auction.  At the moment, it appears this machine may be spared from execution.  The current high bid...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Greetings from the Battle Creek Sanitarium!

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I suppose the truth in advertising version of this blog entry might read "Just Another Robot".  However, that would not be entir...
Saturday, November 19, 2011

The Other Olympia SM3 - In Italic!

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A painfully boring looking machine made better with gentle cleaning. Glittery paint - I recommend deep cleaning to br...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Dead Blogs Are No Fun

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This sheet was cut from a blank book for documenting awesome dinner parties. We've all been through it:   the Eureka moment when we...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

An Olympia SF with a New Skin

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I spotted this great looking Olympia SF on Etsy.  I think the machine looks really nice like this.  Certainly a script SF is rarer than a st...
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