Month: July 2018
Synergies flow: the Interrobang, Quomma and Queriod for typewriter lovers!
How to type an interrobang on a typewriter, and some reasons why we should. Much easy, so wild!
Weapon of Choice: 1956 Tower Commander Chad Comello’s Crusade for the Interrobang 99% Invisible on the Interrobang Various ways a computer can make an interrobang
Smith-Corona Skyriters 2Y, 3Y & 4Y – 1949 to 1962
I noticed the other day that most of the Skyriters in TWDB were mis-dated, probably due to the fact that I had “clarified” the numbers into actual ranges instead of December numbers earlier in the year. I had to re-date and clean up the Skyriter listings so they were correct. Doing this revealed some things […]
Yes you can swap the long return lever from a Corsair for the vestigal return arm of your early Skyriter!
My 1956 Smith Corona Skyriter with vestigal return lever… First remove the carriage cover of the 6Y machine – you need to do it to access the one screw that holds the carriage return assembly in the machine. Yep, that long screw at the top of the assembly is all you need to unscrew once […]
Olympia SM-7 Typewriter Reviewed: The Points System Gains Shape…
Weapon of Choice: “Cadwallader” 1963 Olympia SM-7
Converting a TRS-80 Model 100 REX ROM to work in a Tandy 200
Well, I was too broke to spring for the NADSbox and REX200 when they were available, and regretted it for sure when the supply dried up and they couldn’t be had anymore. The NADSbox I can live without, thanks to mComm, but a REX200 was something I really wanted for my 1985 TRS-80 Tandy 200 […]