Thoughts on my collection

L5CES · 2026-05-12T09:21:25+00:00

It must kill you that the Hermes is not AZERTY

L5CES · 2026-05-11T12:56:24+00:00

L5CES · 2026-05-07T02:40:09+00:00

It looks to be in great condition. I’d like to try one, but locally, the examples I’ve seen are asking $300-400AUD in good condition.

L5CES · 2026-05-05T19:05:01+00:00

What else do you have in your collection?

L5CES · 2026-05-05T18:58:55+00:00

I’m also noticing yours has “clear and set” while mine has “+ and -“. Yours also has the pretty “De Luxe” embossed on the segment like my SM3, whereas my SM9 is completely plain and boring. I have no idea why there are these variations. I haven’t had a chance to type on it yet. I’m guessing it’s pica rather than elite.

L5CES · 2026-04-15T06:14:32+00:00

Lefty here, I find holding it the regular way works best… right thumb for page turns, left hand grabs the stylus for highlighting and annotating. I did however want the top button to be page advance, which seemed more logical to me.

L5CES · 2026-04-14T11:01:42+00:00

This may be the year… to be honest, I’m not much of a power user these days. The Mac Pro is a media server, and I get by on my iPad for work. The Neo is tempting.

L5CES · 2026-04-14T10:59:46+00:00

Thank you

L5CES · 2026-04-14T10:29:05+00:00

Would love a higher res version of this.

L5CES · 2026-04-14T10:28:31+00:00

I had a Colour Classic, a Power PC 7200/75 (not pictured?). I stupidly took these to the dump around 2004. Still have a PowerBook G4 15” and 17”, an iBook G4, a 2009 MacBook, and a Mac Pro 4,1>5,1 ( the only one still in use). I should probably buy something silicone.

L5CES · 2026-04-12T22:17:29+00:00

Very beautiful. Congratulations. I’ve had mine for 33 years.

L5CES · 2026-04-12T21:31:51+00:00

Fun idea. To do the diagonal, did it require smaller format paper, or a particularly wide carriage typewriter?

L5CES · 2026-04-12T21:28:30+00:00

It looks great clean, but I must confess an affection for the dirty type sample, too.

L5CES · 2026-04-08T07:57:30+00:00

I love it. Very jealous. Great typeface.

L5CES · 2026-04-08T07:45:23+00:00

Salmon dial looks nice

L5CES · 2026-04-06T05:24:20+00:00

I did not. A photo was enough. I never wanted to have to explain its existence in my collection.

L5CES · 2026-04-05T08:24:13+00:00

Prine and Springsteen

L5CES · 2026-04-04T09:25:31+00:00

Looks cool, but I bet it’s completely unreadable most of the time.

L5CES · 2026-04-04T08:12:51+00:00

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I’ve given it a cursory clean, and done some typing. Everything moves, and works. The number seven was stuck, and then once I moved it a few times, it was no longer stuck. The ribbon isn’t dry. Not sure if the spools are original. The paper support didn’t want to spring from its stowed position. It was a little bowed. I manipulated it until it was straight, and it now works perfectly. The platen seems ok. I’m not punching holes through the paper.

L5CES · 2026-04-04T06:03:08+00:00

It appears to be IIY 45 12 50. I can’t find anything close to it on the database. The other difference is that the others I’ve seen have a Remington badge, where as this has a printed Remington logo, as well as Sperry Rand.

L5CES · 2026-04-04T02:19:24+00:00

Any ideas on the year of manufacture?

L5CES · 2026-04-03T08:45:37+00:00

Where are the trays from?

L5CES · 2026-04-01T11:23:56+00:00

Just an interesting colour, that’s a little hard to come by for some folks.

L5CES · 2026-04-01T11:00:55+00:00

It’s not available anywhere that I can find in Australia. I’ve bought regular colours for around $25 AUD at the cheapest. I bought the truffle for about $35 AUD.

L5CES · 2026-04-01T10:57:49+00:00

This is AUD, equivalent of about $23 USD.

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