Tag: Adler

Thoughts from a “digital immigrant”

Not being born into the world of digital… (a digital native) I am therefore a digital immigrant at least according to Richard Bucher.  Based on this logic I would be an analog native speaker/user.  Back when music came on  vinyl discs… phones had rotary dials and television had two colors (black and white) and three stations (that mattered).  Love CD’s but music did sound better on that needle.  HD Television and 100’s of channels (you can see the same movie 10 times a day on 12 different channels… and different eposides of old shows on 20.  Cell phones are neat… but it use to be great to get away from the phone.   I live in this new age… but it seems I still have roots in another time.

1936 Adler Favorit
1936 Adler Favorit

Gabriele Adler 35… no she’s 34 (1979)

Who would have thought I would run across a Triumph-Adler GABRIELE 35  (that’s what the T-A stamped on her rear stands for) this side of the Ocean.  Since her front was uncovered (the Adler name strip missing) she looked like a lost soul of little value.  Not sure when she arrived in America…  but she has a new life with Typeoh.

Triumph-Adler Gabriele 35 (1979)
Triumph-Adler Gabriele 35 (1979)

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An old Favorit (Adler 1936) becomes my new favorit…

One year ago I did not know about “thrust typewriters” nor how long they had been on the market.  When I bought the 1907 “The Empire” I just had to see what a 1936 model would do.  That this type of typewriter was on the market for four decades makes me reconsider what I know and it is a good thing to learn and expand one’s concept of what makes a good typewriter and why.  I like the thrust…

1936 Adler Favorit 1... a four bank thruster.
1936 Adler Favorit 1… a four bank thruster.