If this wasn't intended as a gift (and if my wife didn't object) I might keep it. No, they're not fancy or elegant, nor do they exude solidity, but they simply work well. Exemplars of practicality. I hope its recipient enjoys it.
Errata on that last paragraph, the Webster model number has the “XL” part before the “747” while the Activator has its two-letter initial after the number field. What I was trying to say was there’s a similarity in these model names, and I wonder how many other Brothers had similar nomenclature.
Good question on your comment about similar Brothers. A good question for the Right Reverend Ted.
I passed on many Brothers during my collecting. Then I got one, and I liked it. I've gotten several more. They all seem to just plain work. Nothing fancy. Not the best touch action. They get the job done.
I really enjoy my Brother Opus 888. Until I received it, I hadn't noticed that it has French accents and characters. However, it lacks is a way to create an acute accent over a capital "E." Standard QWERTY keyboard except that the slash is where the "1" would be at upper left, so my muscle memory often types that by mistake when I need the numeral — which the 888 lacks, so it's lowercase "L." The capital-and-lowercase alignment is off a bit and even was slightly so in the QC page a factory tech included with the machine. No ransom notes with this typewriter!
Errata on that last paragraph, the Webster model number has the “XL” part before the “747” while the Activator has its two-letter initial after the number field. What I was trying to say was there’s a similarity in these model names, and I wonder how many other Brothers had similar nomenclature.
ReplyDeleteGood question on your comment about similar Brothers. A good question for the Right Reverend Ted.
ReplyDeleteI passed on many Brothers during my collecting. Then I got one, and I liked it. I've gotten several more. They all seem to just plain work. Nothing fancy. Not the best touch action. They get the job done.
I really enjoy my Brother Opus 888. Until I received it, I hadn't noticed that it has French accents and characters. However, it lacks is a way to create an acute accent over a capital "E." Standard QWERTY keyboard except that the slash is where the "1" would be at upper left, so my muscle memory often types that by mistake when I need the numeral — which the 888 lacks, so it's lowercase "L." The capital-and-lowercase alignment is off a bit and even was slightly so in the QC page a factory tech included with the machine. No ransom notes with this typewriter!
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