Sunday, 29 January 2023

Unexpected Monica

Up until now all of the typewriters in the collection have come from eBay, therefore everything has been planned and expected. Typewriter #21 is different, the Olympus Monica electric deluxe was a chance sighting in a local market. It is an electro-mechanical typewriter so the typebars are like a manual but are propelled by electric not the typist's muscle. It works fine though is lacking a ribbon and also part of the mechanism to hold the ribbon. The former is easy to rectify though the latter may require some improvisation.