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- From: salsbury@acsu.buffalo.edu (The Caterpillar Cannot Understand The Butterfly)
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- Subject: Electric Typewriter For Sale!
- Keywords: IBM Desktop Office Typewriter
- Message-ID: <BxxGGF.8Cz@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 19:50:38 GMT
- Sender: nntp@acsu.buffalo.edu
- Organization: Evolutionary Acceleration, Inc.
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- Where: Buffalo, NY - USA ...Earth (*GRIN*)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: autarch.acsu.buffalo.edu
- School: SUNY Buffalo
- Project: Ushering in the next stage of human evolution, and fixing the world.
-
-
- FOR SALE!
-
- IBM Actionwriter 1 Electric Typewriter
-
- *******************************************************************************
- The short form:
-
- Typewriter for sale. It's one of those office-type desk typewriters,
- not a tiny fold up one... This is IBM. This is heavy duty. :)
-
- Price: Asking $400/Or Best Offer. (See below for pricing info...)
-
- Comes with a power cord, 46 page instruction manual, and oodles o' features!
- *******************************************************************************
- The long form:
-
- Features Include:
- -Automatic paper loading
- -Page-End Indicator (so you know when you're gonna run out of room)
- -Paper Up/Paper Down (and Micro P U/P D) buttons
- -Code Key for extended commands
- -Pitch Selection
- -Impression Control
- -Line Spacing adjustments for 1, 1.5, 2, and 3 line spacing
- -Margin Control
- -Tab Control
- -Automatic Carrier Return (ACR) (so you don't have to hit Return
- all the time)
- -Correction Capabilities/Memory
- -Relocate function
- -Backspace/Half-Backspace functions
- -Decimal Tab (to keep columns of numbers tidy)
- -Automatic Text Centering
- -between margins
- -between ACR margin zones
- -on tab stops
- -around any desired position on the typing line
- -Flush Right function
- -Automatic Underline
- -Paragraph Indent
- -Repeat Key
-
- The details:
- -This typewriter has 1 year of use on it, and has been sitting,
- unused, for several years.
- -It is in perfect working condition.
- -It needs a new ribbon, and a new corrector-tape (see prices below)
- -Has a flip-out handle for lugging around, but the operative word
- here is LUG. It's HEAVY, and was meant to sit on a desk. This is
- not a skimpy little machine; it's a heavy-duty, modern piece of
- office equipment.
-
- Pricing info:
- -Ribbons cost $7.30 each, according to the typewriter store I
- called recently. This is up from approximately $6 in 1987-88, so
- it's not climbing fast. Ribbons last a good long time.
- -The corrector-tape costs $4, according to the same store, and lasts
- proportional to your typing ability. (Still a long time, even if
- you mess up a lot.)
- -I asked how much the typewriter would cost nowadays, so that I
- could offer a fair price, but not too high or too low. They said
- that this model is no longer current, but that the nearest
- equivalent model is going for $650. (I was quite surprised! Mine
- was a gift, so I didn't know how much it was worth...)
- -In any event, I was thinking of asking about $400 for the
- typewriter, since it was used, and the woman said that was a fair
- price.
-
- Why am I selling it?
- Because I am moving to San Francisco at the end of the semester,
- and don't want to carry the extra luggage. Also, I do my writing on
- the computer, so the typewriter just kinda sits, and to be
- perfectly honest, I could use the money! (*GRIN*)
-
- I understand that it's a bit daft advertising a typewriter on the
- Net, but if you know of anyone else who might be interested, or
- some business somewhere...please pass on this info.
- *******************************************************************************
- If you're interested, either email me at salsbury@acsu.buffalo.edu
- or give a call at (716)833-3960
-
- If you're interested, but from out of town, we can negotiate
- shipping. (I may cover it, and absorb that from the sale price. I'm open to
- other suggestions, too.)
-
- Thanks!
-
- Pat
- ______________________________Think For Yourself_______________________________
- Patrick G. Salsbury - salsbury@acsu.buffalo.edu - Buffalo, New York - USA
- (On Dec. 10th, I will be moving to the address salsbury@netcom.com
- Please make a note of it and update any mail aliases accordingly...Thanks!)
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- ______________________________Think For Yourself_______________________________
- Patrick G. Salsbury - salsbury@acsu.buffalo.edu - Buffalo, New York - USA
- (On Dec. 10th, I will be moving to the address salsbury@netcom.com
- Please make a note of it and update any mail aliases accordingly...Thanks!)
-