Some thoughts about The Typewriter Revolution, by Richard Polt

After I read The Typewriter Revolution, by Richard Polt, I couldn't wait using a typewriter and entering the Typosphere. Here are some thoughts about the book. Sorry for the slow start in the typecast; I've never written more on a typewriter than just a few sentences.

Written on Continental Silenta #754,401 (late 1939).

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Rooy Portable typewriter

Here are some pictures and a typecast from the ultra flat Rooy Portable typewriter I bought today: sn 27446, produced in 1953. I should retype it so it makes more sense. But the sun is shining, so: sorry, can't be bothered. :)

Rooy portable in its lid

Rooy Portable sliding out of the lid...

Ready for typing!

Here are the links to information about the Rooy Portable typewriter:
Machines of loving grace
Retro Tech Geneva
ozTypewriter
Typed on Paper

And for information about the recent evolution of mobile phones see:
Hongkiat

The Merritt Typewriter

A video I made to show how it works:

Typecast Klein Adler Typewriter

Here is a small typecast from my Klein Adler typewriter. I just bought it from the Scryption Museum. I've never seen a 93-year-old typewriter in such a good condition! The keys are a bit dirty, but only under the glass, so I think it's fungus. It still types really nice.

A Dutch biography about Levie (Louis) Fles can be found here.

Fire in Hammond typewriter shop, 1925

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7 December 1925, fire at Hammond typewriter shop, Rokin 38, Amsterdam, click on this text to enlarge

Article about the big fire, the day after

It seems a pity to throw such a typewriter through a shop window, but well, it saved his life!

Sperry Remington Idool vs. Remington Portable #2

The typecast below is written on a Sperry Remington Idool (1980) and a Remington Portable #2 (1928). I bought the Sperry last week for 3 euros and even got one week warranty on it.

Sperry Remington Idool (left) and Remington Portable #2 (right)

The currency used in the typecast (below) is guilder. The Sperry has a florin sign "ƒ", the Portable #2 with the German keyboard lay-out hasn't, so I used the "Fl"-alternative (it means the same).

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Above the receipt of last week. Below the original warranty from 1980

Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant, 9 september 1924

And the best for last: a really nice video of a Remington Portable typewriter:

typewriters anonymous from mike ambs on Vimeo.

Williams typecast

For this typecast I experimented with carbon paper - I've never used it before. I don't like the result too much. Anyone knows how to get the best out of carbon paper?

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Williams typewriter and carbon paper

Polaroid typecast

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More informations about new polaroid film: http://the-impossible-project.com/

Typecast

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My Hammond Multiplex sn109720, ca 1915.

ü on a Dutch keyboard layout?

Dutch backspace