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I hated the output, so I traded it in for a Brother electric typewriter -basically a traditional typewriter with type-arms that were propelled to paper by an electric motor. I relied on this list of top 10 and the actor Tom Hanks in making my selections (Tom should you read this, thank you).
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So I bought an electronic typewriter, which was basically a 9 dot matrix printer with chiclet board. Inspired by the documentary The Typewriter in the 21st Century and later the movie California Typewriter I searched for the best manual typewriters and came across this What a great list of Top 10, thank you. Started early eighties, youngster with reporter aspirations I wanted to start off good at my study journalism. That's a fine machine, I still have one in my home.