aaaahh too many discoveries can't check them all out till tomorrow
we need a haata batch nominate script
edit: okay, the Univac F-1355-00 is already nominated, my other favourite the IBM RT E57888 was 2012;
Best relic/discovery 2013
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Dubsgalore
- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: ESA-3000-HASRO
- Main mouse: Deathadder 2013
- Favorite switch: MX Blacks
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tinnie wrote:Let me sum up what I had found this year....
10x G81-3000 HKNNO NIB
G81-8904 HPMRB NIB
13x IBM SSK
46x IBM 6019284
20x IBM 6019273
IBM 41G3600
Andddd..... a 1395682 for webwit.
My vote goes for tin
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kevinsalinas
- Location: mexico
- Main keyboard: qwerty
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Finally! Found another typewriter model with the Marquardt Butterfly switches, the closest switches I have to beamspring, and waaaaaay simpler.
Olympia ES 101
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Excuse me could you tell me if you know the price of a typewritter like this one ?
Thank you in advance
Olympia ES 101
[/quote]Excuse me could you tell me if you know the price of a typewritter like this one ?
Thank you in advance
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jacobolus
- Location: geekhack ergonomics subforum
- Favorite switch: Alps plate spring; clicky SMK
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The original list price when the typewriters were new in the early 1980s was well over a thousand dollars. At the time, used ones went for $500+.kevinsalinas wrote: ↑Excuse me could you tell me if you know the price of [an Olympia ES 101] typewriter [..]? Thank you in advance
Today, they’re not of especially general interest, because nobody uses typewriters anymore. For someone trying to convert it to a computer keyboard, many hours of electrical engineering / programming / case construction work are required. Thus, I wouldn’t expect the price to go much past $50 + shipping to someone who wants to convert the keyboard for modern use (that is what I paid for a couple similar typewriters), but I have no idea what someone else might spend. A couple others that I have seen on ebay sat unwanted at a $200 price for a while, and then disappeared unsold. Maybe bought by someone in person? Maybe the seller got tired of making repetitive listings?
If you can find a typewriter collector who wants one, and a typewriter in very good condition, I could imagine the price getting past $100, maybe higher, but I really have no idea. I don’t know any electronic typewriter collectors to ask.
I could also imagine these things selling for <$20 at a thrift store or flea market. It all depends on the buyer and the context.