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Found this Olivetti by chance in a thriftstore (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by foliumcreations@lemmy.world to c/typewriters@lemmy.cafe

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By chance I stubmled on this Olivetti ETP 92 in a thrift store, got it for 10€. Now I need some help, as far as I can tell this typewriter is functionally the same as the Olivetti ETP 55, from pictures and descriptions. But I can't really find any information about the ETP 92. Is it some regional naming or is it an oddity or just so not interesting enough to have much information online? Any one here know anything about this novel machine. It works perfectly and I have replacement ribbons on the way already, hopefully they fit.

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[–] f314@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Damn, that’s nice! Olivetti always had nice designs. You should post this in a mechanical keyboards community, they’d go nuts!

[–] foliumcreations@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks I'm happy with my purchase. Hoping some enthusiast here knows more than I can find online about it.

[–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Beautiful find! It effectively looks like the ETP55, but I found almost no information about it. I presume it's a variation, maybe one with less options, but I don't know a lot of things about electronic typewriters.

Do you want me to ask on a Discord for typewriter enthusiasts?

[–] foliumcreations@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Same as me then, happy about either way. Mostly curious about it and it's history.

[–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

Hey but I just saw that it's a Swedish keyboard! That's probably the reason for the different name. It's (probably) a model slightly different, thought for the Swedish/Scandinavian/Nordic market.