[killer_735]

Last night at a garage sale I picked up this kick-ass typewriter for the low, low price of 10$. It's in beautiful condition; it's already outlived its previous owner and will probably still be running when I'm just a grease stain on the fabric of space-time. After a minimal cleaning, everything is smooth as all hell. Every key, switch and slider feels like it'd stand up to anything at all, as long as that anything wasn't, say, a half stick or an arc welder.

So, the reason for posting here:

I'm trying to get a bit more info on this thing. It's a remington rand, looks like a model 17, but the carriage (thing that holds the roller and paper) is much larger than the model 17 I've seen- 140 characters to be exact. You can fit an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper horizontally in there, with about 4 inches to spare. I've managed to track down a pic from an ebay auction, but the image is of a not-taken care of version. Mine's got some wear, but nowhere near the one here. (Pic also looks like someone's replaced all the keys, mine has the originals)

Pic

So can anyone tell me about this thing? Why the huge carriage? It's like Kikuchiro's sword in the seven samurai. I found an ad that looked like it was for this model, but no model number etc. It does mention KMC (keyboard margin control), which this model has, as some big new feature. In my opinion the best part is that there's no freakin' office assistant, and no spell check- if someone writes you something and they're an idiot, no stupid M$ program is going to hide it from you. I like to know who I'm up against.

Oh yeah, also found at the same garage sale: Neil Young's Self Titled and The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan on vinyl, $.50 each. Punk fscking rock.

[andi*pandi]

when I saw the thread title I felt sure you were going to say it was and IBM Executive and you live in Texas, and you're having a little trouble with the superscript feature...

but good luck with the Remington. Looks nifty.

[wdlove]

It reminds me of my high school typing class, Sophomore year. Good luck with your prize.

[chris v]

I can't tell you much about that particular typewriter, except that you probably paid about what it's worth, or maybe a little below. I love old typewriters-- they are the pinnacle of the mechanical contrivance. I have a Royal from the 30's that was my main word processor until I got my Centris in '94. I also have an Underwood from the 20's that is just beautiful, and two of these from the 'teens.

There's nothing like the feel of really hammering home a piece of prose on a manual's keys. Very satisfying. I'm still way too hard on computer keyboards as a result of many years on manual typewriters.

I'm keeping mine around, right next to my tinfoil hat, for when they swoop down out of the black helicopters and take all our Macs away.

[killer_735]

Originally posted by chris v:
I can't tell you much about that particular typewriter, except that you probably paid about what it's worth, or maybe a little below. I love old typewriters-- they are the pinnacle of the mechanical contrivance. I have a Royal from the 30's that was my main word processor until I got my Centris in '94. I also have an Underwood from the 20's that is just beautiful, and two of these from the 'teens.

There's nothing like the feel of really hammering home a piece of prose on a manual's keys. Very satisfying. I'm still way too hard on computer keyboards as a result of many years on manual typewriters.

I'm keeping mine around, right next to my tinfoil hat, for when they swoop down out of the black helicopters and take all our Macs away.

That thing in the link is scary. I'm picturing someone with big 80s hair getting sucked in and eaten by it.

And yes, those helicopters are coming.

[iREZ]

Gotta admit, typing research papers on my typewriter was alot more fun then on my Powerbook.

[storer]

$10?