tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post5943905859875715087..comments2024-03-25T08:42:25.940+01:00Comments on Retro Tech Geneva: A Rare Bird - Royal Quiet de LuxeAdwoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457285629002149759noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-87431332362294969872013-03-04T22:02:10.908+01:002013-03-04T22:02:10.908+01:00There's a follow up to this post here: http://...There's a follow up to this post here: http://www.retrotechgeneva.com/2013/01/a-royal-start-to-new-year.html<br /><br />Yes, it has both upper and lower case as you will see in the pictures from the January post. Adwoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457285629002149759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-74420463578311173362013-03-04T21:55:43.719+01:002013-03-04T21:55:43.719+01:00I am Armenian, and I can ensure you all that this ...I am Armenian, and I can ensure you all that this IS Armenian. I wish this baby were mine! Beautiful font. Does it have both upper AND lower case? This is the first Armenian typewriter I've seen so not sure!Hovig K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-82710617503320625082013-01-08T05:00:12.434+01:002013-01-08T05:00:12.434+01:00Wow! I've been looking for an Armenian typewri...Wow! I've been looking for an Armenian typewriter for so many years. And in that model -- that must be rare indeed. Did someone end up buying it? I'm sick with jealousy...Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971771040385201109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-26223025177012091632012-10-04T18:10:01.823+02:002012-10-04T18:10:01.823+02:00After some consideration of the cost and logistics...After some consideration of the cost and logistics of getting this Armenian wonder to the states, I think I'll have to pass and let Shordzi pick it up for his Armenian friend. I'll just be happy with the little Royal Companion I just picked up :DTedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-70196657966430265142012-09-30T02:21:55.914+02:002012-09-30T02:21:55.914+02:00One beautiful QDL. I wonder what language? I hav...One beautiful QDL. I wonder what language? I have worked with many different nationalities when I was in Harrisburg, PA and may with a photo have been able to find out. I still work with many from Eastern Europe and a few from the Mid-East. I think I will show some photos around on Monday. I work with an Armenian. Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-58371473893607069322012-09-29T17:23:39.376+02:002012-09-29T17:23:39.376+02:00Everything's coming up Royal lately.
Nice spo...Everything's coming up Royal lately.<br /><br />Nice spotting, but I would have passed it up, too -- regretfully but emphatically.<br /><br />Royals of this vintage seem a bit less "skippy", I've found.<br /><br />Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11633967390492270136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-30731937053347728552012-09-29T09:31:27.123+02:002012-09-29T09:31:27.123+02:00@Dwayne: Thanks for stopping by! Indeed, it's ...@Dwayne: Thanks for stopping by! Indeed, it's not every day that I stumble across one like this. <br /><br />@Michael: Non-buyer's remorse, ha! If I go back and it is still there, I might do a little gibberish typecast... hmm, let's see how long it sticks around the shop. It still won't follow me home, though :)<br /><br />@Miguel: That is certainly elaborate! I wouldn't wantAdwoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457285629002149759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-69089259748272242072012-09-29T06:36:01.511+02:002012-09-29T06:36:01.511+02:00I also think it's Armenian. Would you get it f...I also think it's Armenian. Would you get it for me? I have a friend I would like to give it to as a present.shordzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04824301365798484902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-7586954642846837322012-09-29T06:19:04.545+02:002012-09-29T06:19:04.545+02:00That is very interesting. Can't wait for Ted ...That is very interesting. Can't wait for Ted to post with it lol.<br />notagainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02915679111849352765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-84094741078944817762012-09-29T05:25:02.513+02:002012-09-29T05:25:02.513+02:00An interesting find, but I can honestly say I woul...An interesting find, but I can honestly say I would have passed as well. It is something I would never be able to use...as it is a Royal. Ha!<br /><br />Honestly, though, I have never actually come across a typewriter with a whole different language keyboard. While they are interesting, and even if it were a machine I really wanted, I don't think I would make the purchase. It would just sit L Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00585495720234064210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-6196112230530552882012-09-29T05:17:20.328+02:002012-09-29T05:17:20.328+02:00What a beautiful machine! I'm with Ted, you co...What a beautiful machine! I'm with Ted, you could use it to play secret service agent and write "coded messages" to the friends. <br /><br />You can make it even more difficult to crack if you write in a different language - say, French or Spanish or German and NOT include the keyboard layout with the message. Any "spy" who "intercepted" the message would have, Miguel Chávezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411154570699775904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-54132211418145976852012-09-29T03:37:12.689+02:002012-09-29T03:37:12.689+02:00Indeed. That would have been hard to pass up, desp...Indeed. That would have been hard to pass up, despite the language barrier. We've all got non-buyer's remorse going here!mpclemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12807147515549175803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-18002246479718738202012-09-29T02:33:56.342+02:002012-09-29T02:33:56.342+02:00I can't add much to the discussion other than ...I can't add much to the discussion other than agree that it is totally amazing and I would have brought it home for cryptographic purposes as well.Dwayne F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07032059161503386028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-77172166631266792182012-09-29T00:07:08.371+02:002012-09-29T00:07:08.371+02:00Cyrillic was my uneducated guess and then took it ...Cyrillic was my uneducated guess and then took it from there. Of course, I may be dead wrong with Serbian Cyrillic. ( :Ton S. https://www.blogger.com/profile/10691201724230891974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-25697005383204674322012-09-28T22:33:32.385+02:002012-09-28T22:33:32.385+02:0025 Swiss francs = 26.5958 US dollars according to ...25 Swiss francs = 26.5958 US dollars according to Google. I might have to send you a cheque to go rescue that fella, and save up for shipping later.. interested?Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-15585600218223521742012-09-28T22:21:44.253+02:002012-09-28T22:21:44.253+02:00@Ted: Wow! You have obviously thought this through...@Ted: Wow! You have obviously thought this through much more than I realized. Typing in code - positively ingenious. And having the key to the code on the letterhead... amazing, good Sir. I doff my hat!Adwoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457285629002149759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-41101063069887882182012-09-28T22:11:56.857+02:002012-09-28T22:11:56.857+02:00Also, on that keyboard, it is possible to legibly ...Also, on that keyboard, it is possible to legibly type out "rrtm". Yet another point that makes me squirm with desire.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-28210800539066729582012-09-28T22:07:34.115+02:002012-09-28T22:07:34.115+02:00Well, ideas that come immediately include making s...Well, ideas that come immediately include making stationery that feature a stylized snapshot of the QDL at the top, with the keytops around the sides in order, all rendered out as a line drawing and put Amaranth leaves or some kind of crest behind the typwriter. I'm thinking brown ink on some recycled-pulp natural colored paper. Then I'd make some window clings with the qwerty layout on Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-6258603244647016762012-09-28T21:55:18.705+02:002012-09-28T21:55:18.705+02:00What fun reading all your guesses! I checked out t...What fun reading all your guesses! I checked out the virtual Armenian keyboard and I think Richard may have nailed it... how he did it so quickly, I'll never know. Just as well I left it behind, then, I don't know any Armenian speakers who would appreciate it. Still, it is the perfect present for a collector with a variety of exotic keyboard typewriters... like Mr. Polt!<br /><br />@Ton: Adwoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457285629002149759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-2965170334916022602012-09-28T21:44:18.058+02:002012-09-28T21:44:18.058+02:00PS: I always wonder about what the shift key does ...PS: I always wonder about what the shift key does on keyboards like this. Do they have the exact same character engraved on each typehammer position for every key except the 9 keys that have 2 symbols on them?Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-71944898736108713952012-09-28T21:40:47.311+02:002012-09-28T21:40:47.311+02:00OMG! I would've snapped it up, but I love that...OMG! I would've snapped it up, but I love that particular year/style of QDLs and would want it just for the mysterious writing I could put into blog posts. Heck, I'm wrestling with myself right now on whether I ought to entice you to pick it up for me, but the price and shipping would reach upwards of $200 US I imagine, and that would be a serious sock to the pocketbook right now. :P<br /Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-88324653317112875292012-09-28T20:36:51.262+02:002012-09-28T20:36:51.262+02:00I just brought home this one's English twin ye...I just brought home this one's English twin yesterday! Same paint and all!<br /><br />No clue on the language, but I probably would have bought it anyway, just because it's novel and unfamiliar. Then again, I'll use <i>any</i> excuse to buy a typer...A.R.M.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11647457788080424015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-70514603633108036372012-09-28T20:36:02.687+02:002012-09-28T20:36:02.687+02:00It is beautiful and I probably would have bought i...It is beautiful and I probably would have bought it to use decoratively! I have only recently begun to buy typewriters, and have not got room at all, but it is a fascinating world and your blog is very interesting and informative. Unlike Geneva, where you seem to stumble across them all the time I have never seen one in a charity shop here. I have three from ebay and one from a boot fair-the Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941415622199071141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-26262791362398424692012-09-28T20:17:36.334+02:002012-09-28T20:17:36.334+02:00Wow wow wow! That's very cool.
It's not T...Wow wow wow! That's very cool.<br /><br />It's not Thai. I'm guessing Armenian.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021475418975786274.post-56591525855609654962012-09-28T20:10:05.330+02:002012-09-28T20:10:05.330+02:00Oh wow! That's a beautiful machine - I especia...Oh wow! That's a beautiful machine - I especially like that spacebar! - but you are right, that keyboard renders it pretty much useless. It's amazing how many machines with exotic keyboards you seem to find in Geneva, maybe that's because it's a UN headquarter?maschinengeschriebenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01955578932937697125noreply@blogger.com