I clipped this ad from a British newspaper during my recent trip to the UK. Rare Classic? Save £1000 on the cost of buying a computer? I'm still wondering if they were serious, and if so how many they sold.
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Retro indeed–that typewriter sort of looks like it was designed by the same folks who did the old Apple IIe or the Commodore 64. I’d date it between ’77 – ’80.
It’s not that great a deal after all.
They get you with the cost of the ribbons (yeah, remember the ribbons?)
Isn’t that the typewriter the CBS memos were typed on?