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Smith Premier 1 Typewriter
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- jandrese 2y agoIt cost $100 in 1889 which would be roughly $3,400 today.
- rustcleaner 2y agoNow a-days my $3,400 machine can imagine up over 25,000 1 megapixel images per day from text, and author tomes heavier than Carroll Quigley's history of the world in his time.
- notjustanymike 2y agoThat’s at least $1,360 more than I’d pay for a carriage!
- notjustanymike 2y agoAmusingly it cost about as much as an Apple Vision Pro. Nice to see some things don’t change.
- forinti 2y agoI am not a typewriter aficionado at all, but since I met the Brother Deluxe I've had a big crush on this machine. I would have no use for it, but I think it is just beautiful. I'm thinking of 3D printing a lookalike case for some SBC so I can use it as a computer. See it here: https://www.mrmrsvintagetypewriters.com/products/pristine-vintage-brother-deluxe-blue-typewriter-portable-mint-condition-duck-blue https://www.mrmrsvintagetypewriters.com/products/pristine-vi...
- jcstauffer 2y agoMy family had one of these when I was growing up (in gray - not the great blue color you linked to). When I was 11-12 and didn't have a computer, I used it to type up BASIC programs that I either took to school to type into the Apple ][ there, or just imagined how they worked... Sort of the opposite of your plan, I guess...
- chrisbrandow 2y agoThat is pretty
- nicbou 2y agoI have an Erika 11 at home that I frequently use. Using a typewriter is a rare and delightful experience if you have never tried one before.
- makmanalp 2y agoInteresting that it didn't have a "shift" mechanism and so you end up with both upper and lower case keys, which must make typing full sentences a pain. But they maintained the "upper case" being on the top and the "lower case" being on the bottom, like from a printmaker's type box.
- mometsi 2y agoInteresting features: - No 1 or 0, just use l and O - Page width is measured using decimal-divided inches - That lowercase g glyph!
- brudgers 2y agoDecimal inches suggests 10 characters per inch, i.e. Pica. Pica was pretty common on US typewriters. Absent 1 and 0 keys were pretty common before the 1950’s and 60’s. Particularly on portable and lower end models. $, @, and ! are often absent as well.
- SoftTalker 2y agoFun to see that user support hasn't changed. https://www.antiquetypewriters.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Smith-Premier-1-1892.jpg https://www.antiquetypewriters.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/0...
- 6510 2y agoI cant see what I'm typing!
- le-mark 2y agoWhat’s the best way to sell these? I have a 30/40’s Smith Corona (inherited) I’ve put in garage sales a few times with no takers.
- brudgers 2y agoMake it nice for the buyer. If it is presented like junk, that’s how people will see it. Clean, working, cheap. EBay is probably the best place to sell a typewriter.
- pfdietz 2y agoSeen on wikipedia after lookup up typewriter: "A rather specialized market for typewriters exists due to the regulations of many correctional systems in the US, where prisoners are prohibited from having computers or telecommunication equipment, but are allowed to own typewriters. The Swintec corporation (headquartered in Moonachie, New Jersey), which, as of 2011, still produced typewriters at its overseas factories (in Japan, Indonesia, and/or Malaysia), manufactures a variety of typewriters for use in prisons, made of clear plastic (to make it harder for prisoners to hide prohibited items inside it). As of 2011, the company had contracts with prisons in 43 US states." (judging by their web site, they still do)