by Richard Polt | Nov 23, 2018 | Groma
by Richard Polt | Jul 4, 2016 | Groma, London, Olivetti, Type-in
Piotr Trumpiel of b4cksp4ce (no relation to D. Trump). Here is the event from Piotr’s perspective. View from the top of St. Paul’s Cathedral this afternoon:
by Richard Polt | Mar 11, 2014 | Arabic, Groma, type-out, WordPlay
(color enhanced — and yes, I know our porch is desperately in need of paint) (Actually, this may be a pre-Champion model.) “Continental” Arabic Erika (read more here) Here’s a very interesting blog post from someone who visited Najjar...
by Richard Polt | Jul 21, 2013 | Groma, Paris, safari
According to this blog, a Hermes 3000 is (or was) available for public use at Shakespeare & Co. I didn’t spot it — maybe it was in the upstairs area where I didn’t venture, or maybe it was obscured by the mob. (There is a queue to get into the...
by Richard Polt | Jun 29, 2013 | Groma
My taxi to the airport should be arriving in half an hour. I thought readers might be curious to know which typewriter I’m taking to London for a month (because, of course, leaving without a typewriter is not an option). Some machines in the running were the...
by Richard Polt | Jun 5, 2011 | Groma
Postscript: a German collector alerted me that my newer machine is not a model E. The model E was a prewar version of the model N with no ribbon color selector, and is quite rare. According to this collector, my green machine is a fourth-version model N. But more...
