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Erika (5, 10, Model 100)
The keystroke
Effortmedium
Smoothnesssmooth
Snapsoft
Precisiontight
Landingcushioned
Volumehushed
What people say
the Erika 10 ranks among the best East German portables
— Typewriter Review
Worth knowing
- East German Seidel & Naumann / Robotron lineage; Erika models were also sold as Ideal, and as Optima and Aztec variants, among others. Will Davis ↗
See & hear it for yourself
Manuals & repair
All sources
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Where to find one
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Specifications
- Manufacturer
- Seidel & Naumann / Robotron
- Origin
- East Germany
- Years
- 1930–1979
- Form
- Portable
- Mass
- 5 kg
- Shift
- varies