Comments on: Royal Typewriter Company (Feb, 1929)

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:29:36 +0000

I got through college (1986-1992; yes, I was on the slacker plan) typing everything on a 1930s Royal not too different from this one. It’s a great typewriter, and I still have it. I particularly love how it smells of old-fashioned machine oil. In those days, I was a Luddite and I sneered at my classmate who spent over $5,000 for a Mac SE and a Laserprinter.

By: Charlene

Charlene — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:40:37 +0000

jayessell, you don’t know my dog.

By: jayessell

jayessell — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:12:23 +0000

Toronto… How is the dog supposed to eat a DVD?

By: Toronto

Toronto — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:54 +0000

John – print on paper? Not really. My son’s brought homework in on dvds and usb thumb drives.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:07:38 +0000

Typewriters of this vintage were built to last a lifetime. If you find one today, it is probably still working and useable for it’s original purpose (though nobody uses them anymore). Compare this with computers. How many computers have you bought in the last 10 years?

By: John Savard

John Savard — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:28:59 +0000

The price of $60, of course, is equivalent to over $600 in today’s money. And today you can get a computer for that kind of money, although you would need a bit more for a laser printer as well. It is sobering to think of how far we’ve come.

By: KD5ZS

KD5ZS — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:21:04 +0000

My dad had a royal from his college days and I used it when I started college. Word processors were years into the future. Incidentally I agree that the most important computer class I took was a one semester touch typing course in high school. Being able to touch type makes operating a computer much more efficient.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:09:22 +0000

This is almost exactly the same typewriter I learned to type on in Mr Greason’s class in the 10th grade. I wondered at the time why I was learning to type; I *knew* I’d never use it . . . and now I use it daily: THANX, Mr Greason!