Oh, an anecdote I heard. A few years back a group of 1st or 2nd graders (7-8 yr olds) were brought into a museum on a field trip. The museum had a typewriter the visitors were allowed to try. One kid went typing and soon ran to tje other children yelling excitedly: "Come! You won't believe it! There's the world's coolest printer there! It prints as you type!!!!"
My grandmother never learned how to use a computer, so she still use an eletrictypewriter similar to your, it's an Olivetti (we're italian, also Olivetti made very nice calculators) et 112 and it also performs font in bold, italics and underlined.
It has an eraser ribbon, very similar to regular old tape. It also stores the last line you entered, so when you hit the erase key it'll bring up the ribbon, turn the wheel to the character you want to erase, then smash the letter off the paper and onto the ribbon. This only works with eraser-compatible carbon ribbons. A nylon ink ribbon would need white-out.
@@1stSpyGuy wow very interesting thanks. Someone mentioned electric type writers & I didn't even have a clue as to what they even looked like lol. I just always imagined the old time crank and slide with circle buttons
I can't say for sure about the 100CE, but the one I use has Pelikan 186C (According to Office Depot seems to also be known as Nakajima 200 or Nakajima AX200).
That store feature seems pretty handy. Does it use one of the high yield plastic ribbons? And is it a pin wheel machine? It sounds similar, but also could be a more standard mechanism behind it.
No, I think I had a hard time to get the camera in position for this one. There's a CODE key (gray, where you'd expect the windows or cmd key to be on a computer keyboard) that pairs with the topmost row of keys and the gray index printed on the machine cover to work as function keys. In this case, CODE+` enters the auto-center mode. You type what you want blindly, then press Enter and the machine will write it out.
Oh, an anecdote I heard. A few years back a group of 1st or 2nd graders (7-8 yr olds) were brought into a museum on a field trip. The museum had a typewriter the visitors were allowed to try. One kid went typing and soon ran to tje other children yelling excitedly: "Come! You won't believe it! There's the world's coolest printer there! It prints as you type!!!!"
Wow. That's awesome! Although it makes me realize I'm now an old since kids don't know typewriters any more.
Im in love with the sounds of this machine!
Sounds like those mechanical gaming keyboards 😂 you cannot type without waking the entire neighborhood 🤣
My grandmother never learned how to use a computer, so she still use an eletrictypewriter similar to your, it's an Olivetti (we're italian, also Olivetti made very nice calculators) et 112 and it also performs font in bold, italics and underlined.
Do you have a copy of the manual or commands for this typewriter?
This is incredible! how does it erase?
It has an eraser ribbon, very similar to regular old tape. It also stores the last line you entered, so when you hit the erase key it'll bring up the ribbon, turn the wheel to the character you want to erase, then smash the letter off the paper and onto the ribbon.
This only works with eraser-compatible carbon ribbons. A nylon ink ribbon would need white-out.
@@1stSpyGuy wow very interesting thanks. Someone mentioned electric type writers & I didn't even have a clue as to what they even looked like lol. I just always imagined the old time crank and slide with circle buttons
Is it a Belgian made machine? I personally didn't know that Esselte made these.
this was a great demo. ty
What type of inkribbons do you buy? I have an Esselte 100CE that is low in colour…
I can't say for sure about the 100CE, but the one I use has Pelikan 186C (According to Office Depot seems to also be known as Nakajima 200 or Nakajima AX200).
@@1stSpyGuy Thank you! I can’t find anything online other than Pelikan that might fit - so i think I’ll try that ☺️
Thanks for answering so quickly 👍🏼
That store feature seems pretty handy. Does it use one of the high yield plastic ribbons? And is it a pin wheel machine? It sounds similar, but also could be a more standard mechanism behind it.
I can't tell if it's "high yield" or not, but it does use a plastic ribbon. Also, yes. Interchangeable pinwheel.
1stSpyGuy Oh, interesting. Thanks! :)
Do you have the manual? I have the same machine, but unfortunately no manual :/ Have been utterly unable to find anything on the interweb :(
Yes, I do, but it is in Swedish. If that's not an issue I could scan it for you. =)
Hi! I found this old machine and need a manual. Swedish would be okay.
Do you still have it?😅
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@@1stSpyGuy I would be interested in that manual as well!
A friend of mine used to write with an Olivetti Lettera 22.
You seriously didn’t show us how you used it tho. You just said what you did instead of showing us! How do you center it?
No, I think I had a hard time to get the camera in position for this one. There's a CODE key (gray, where you'd expect the windows or cmd key to be on a computer keyboard) that pairs with the topmost row of keys and the gray index printed on the machine cover to work as function keys.
In this case, CODE+` enters the auto-center mode. You type what you want blindly, then press Enter and the machine will write it out.
I'd imagine the noise would give you a headache after a while
Not noisier than an older mechanical typewriter
I wanted a typewriter but I don't have one
Ebay is your friend. You can find a lot of typewriters for cheap if you use the German site. =)
#sol
So cool tbh haha