tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post7653572813257554448..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: Typewriter Update, March 2013Robert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-50003545489442778042013-03-21T20:33:39.519+11:002013-03-21T20:33:39.519+11:00Hi Rob,
I remember the Flying Fish Standard typewr...Hi Rob,<br />I remember the Flying Fish Standard typewriter quite well. And your engineer friend is correct about the Underwood body and the Remington Carriage. In fact, it was the SJ carriage just like the machine bought by Steve Snow. Of course the first question that comes to mind, why did it not take off in Australia? Well, the clue is in the name of the manufacturing plant, the Shanghai Precision Manufacturing PLant, which turned out to be a bit of Chinese hyberbole/wishfull thinking. There were lots of problems, ribbon feed, ribbon lift but the worst, almost incurable, was the line spacing, it was almost impossible to prevent from over-throwing.<br />Having said all that I would like one for my collection!<br />PS the name did not help either in 70's OZ..... Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02138302382154651383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-10469139430423892452013-03-21T08:27:49.066+11:002013-03-21T08:27:49.066+11:00A good batch of news.
I love the iPad vs. paper v...A good batch of news.<br /><br />I love the iPad vs. paper video!<br /><br />Very encouraging news about the popularity of typewriters Down Under. The trend has swept across the Anglophone world and is spreading farther. I've got to finish my book ASAP!<br /><br />Have a great time in NZ.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-50742281428920495532013-03-20T22:18:18.961+11:002013-03-20T22:18:18.961+11:00Yeah.. They have been very, very thin on the groun...Yeah.. They have been very, very thin on the ground up here. <br /><br />Age a great time in NZ Rob!Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-30537856696893580512013-03-20T20:06:26.453+11:002013-03-20T20:06:26.453+11:00Nice to hear typewriters are catching on in Queens...Nice to hear typewriters are catching on in Queensland. Your mention of your forensic workshop made me hunt down the story on Leopold and Loeb on your blog. An interesting read indeed! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-66131473829761739412013-03-20T19:02:33.940+11:002013-03-20T19:02:33.940+11:00part two
Flying Fish 200, which is the most commo...part two<br /><br />Flying Fish 200, which is the most common Flying fish<br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.37.DYL6rk&id=7183393991<br />This is essentially the Flying Fish 200, but with a different dust cover<br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.212.WpZtRd&id=17570326965<br />Again the same as Flying Fish 200, but different dust cover and known as Hua Xiang, meaning China Flies! What a name translated in English!<br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.45.QzEgGn&id=15749485607<br />flying fish Freda<br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.34.wlsiWT&id=20948304706<br />flying Fish Desktop<br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.103.FJVzMY&id=15591521260<br />a rare Flying Fish with a repeat spacer. <br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.2.msksC0&id=9316163644<br /><br />Flying Fish 88TR launched in around 1993, which is an imitation of Silver Reed. <br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.215.FJVzMY&id=4890059411<br />the red one is really rare<br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.120.rATpHw&id=13078942951<br />a rare Flying Fish, I didn’t even know it exist <br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.69.QzEgGn&id=17524708918<br />The above-mentioned Flying Fish portables are carriage shift. But the carriage rail only lift the part that is adjacent to the slugs. <br /><br />earlier Hangkong typewriters<br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.180.sM1KyV&id=17566768508<br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.58.n7eK2M&id=13690102387<br />Later TP910 <br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.31.rATpHw&id=13774543550<br />a rare KOFA 400<br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.26.n7eK2M&id=19683080509<br /><br /><br />All these typewriters came in PICA fonts, with very little variations. <br /><br />As for the Rover and Olympia Traveler C typewriters, I don’t know much about them. Unlike the previous state-owned Big Three brands, the later comers are privately-owned businesses. They probably have shut down too by now. <br /><br />Sorry for posting too long, but I think typewriter lovers would love to know a bit of Chinese typewriters. As former Premier Zhu Rongji once said, China missed the “typewriter age”, meaning that if China had the manufacturing capability, the country would have replaced Japan in 1980s-1990s period, producing cheap typewriters for the West.Gerardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00929608907836216791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-91185044960855769192013-03-20T19:01:21.485+11:002013-03-20T19:01:21.485+11:00Hi Mr. Messenger,
Thank you for quoting my comme...Hi Mr. Messenger, <br /><br />Thank you for quoting my comment. <br /><br />Actually, I flubbed in my comment, which says that Flying Fish was essentially Adler Cotessa. <br /><br />Please allow me to correct it: The Flying Fish is essentially the Addler Tippa S. It has a basket-shift design while Hero is invariantly carriage-shift except for the ephemeral Model TP910. <br /><br />I've searched some pics from taobao.com, which is China's ebay to illustrate the various Hero typewriters. <br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.239.nBQr0D&id=22511736625<br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.59.8TxjXe&id=12297122819<br />the classic Flying Fish Model PSQ, later renamed Model TP100, The logo says it is a FLYING FISH/Model PSQ. This is one of the earliest Chinese-made typewriters. The one encased in checked rucksack is really one of the first batches. Both machines are pretty much like the Adler Tippas. <br />These typewriters were produced by Shanghai Precision Equipment Factory, more like trial products. <br /><br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.153.SY0yVY&id=18207731949<br />this is the second batch of Chinese-made typewriters, technically same as previous ones. They came in rouge, black, white, turquois, beige, green. Note the different logo which says the machines are officially named Hero and thereafter. <br /><br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.194.whQ0v6&id=22637200530<br />Then in 1991, the streamlined TP900 was launched, unlike the metal-encasement for TP110, the TP900 has plastic case. Black and white, totally black are commonly observed in this model, but light cream is not rare. Again, technically exactly the same as TP101. My very first typewriter is this TP900 which my father bought me as a gift in July 1990 at 266 yuan (around US$33) <br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.84.N649XP&id=15214346648<br /><br />Hero TP930<br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.125.LdasYJ&id=10370261258<br />the Hero 2000, surprisingly, I didn’t know it this model until quite recently. <br />http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.172.sYTNwe&id=16311481922<br /><br /><br />I can’t find TP910 which looks pretty much like OMEGA typewriter produced in Yugoslavia, but it has a basketshift design. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Gerardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00929608907836216791noreply@blogger.com