General Information

Serial #

6LTV 831148

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 CAST METAL BASE & RIBBON SPOOL COVER; KEYBOARD SURROUND, KEYS, PLATEN ROLLER CAPS, PLATTEN RELEASE CAP, MARGIN SET ARE MOULDED PLASTIC..2 VINYL (?) DUST COVER..3 SYNTHETIC CASE HAS METAL FITTINGS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

44.5 cm

Width

36.0 cm

Height

16.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SCM

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS TYPEWRITER USED BY OWNER C. 1975-1980.

Canada

MANUFACTURED & MODIFIED TO "DSK" [DVORAKSIMPLIFIED KEYBOARD] IN CANADA. AS ELSEWHERE, "DSK" HAS MET WITH LIMITED SUCCESS IN CANADA. THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN TAUGHT IN CANADA SINCE IT'S INTRODUCTION. (REF. 1)

Function

TO MECHANICALLY PRINT LETTERS, NUMBERS AND SELECTED SYMBOLS ON A SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER, RAPIDLY AND UNIFORMLY.

Technical

"DSK" KEYBOARD WAS DEVELOPED IN 1934 BY AUGUST DVORAK TO INCREASE TYPING SPEED BY REDUCING FINGER MOVEMENT- THE VOWELS AND COMMONLY USED LETTERS BEING ON THE HOME ROW. UP TO 17% FASTER, THE SYSTEM FAILED TO CONVERT THE VAST MAJORITY OF 'QWERTY' USERS. STILL CHAMPIONED BY A NEW GENERATION OF COMPUTER USERS, IT MAY BE MADE REDUNDANT BY 'VOICE RECOGNITION' TECHNOLOGY. (REF. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "SCM SMITH-CORONA" & "CLASSIC 12" appears on front. All controls, etc. labelled. "SCM/ SMITH-CORONA" printed in black on base. "MADE IN CANADA/ SCM/ FABRIQUE AU CANADA" printed in black, on back. "6LTV 831148" incised on right side of typewriter base. "PATENTED/ COVERED BY ONE OR MORE OF THE/ FOLLOWING CANADIAN PATENTS:/ 765660-1967/ 790409-1968/ PAT. PEND./ 515448 REV. A PRINTED IN U.S.A." printed on decal applied to typewriter, below carriage..2 "SCM" printed in black on front..3 "SCM/ SMITH-CORONA" printed on lock; decal, below reads "PUSH TAB UP/ TO RELEASEMACHINE/ U.S. PATENT 3,166,365". "CLASSIC 12" printed on red plate on front

Missing

NONE, BUT KEYBOARD MODIFIED AS 'DSK' (WAS ORIGINALLY PROVIDED WITH A 'QWERTY' KEYBOARD).

Finish

.1 SILVER GREY CASING HAS IVORY COLOUR FRONT, KEY CAPS, AND MISC. FITTINGS..2 GREY VINYL COVER..3 DARK GREY MOULDED CASE; SILVER METAL TRIM.

Decoration

N/A