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To: Johnny B.

I have a Correcting Selectric II. It was my typewriter for more than 22 years as a secretary. When my employer went into PCs, it offered some of the typewriters to the employees. So I took my Selectric home. It worked for another 10 years. I still have it, but it needs work and I can’t find a repair person around here. I loved that machine and still do.


8 posted on 11/04/2014 3:15:00 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: fatnotlazy

The last major typewriter manufacturing facility closed in 2011. Typewriters are rumored to still be manufactured by one or two small companies but it’s essentially a dead technology. We spent one summer looking (successfully) for a manual typewriter requested by an Italian monk. How long he’l be able to get ribbons for it is anyone’s guess.


10 posted on 11/04/2014 3:39:45 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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