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One example. Colors, sub-models, and production years vary; the machine you find may differ.
Olympia SM9
What people say
"the most practical and best-functioning postwar portable still abundant secondhand"
"uses Olympia portables among his daily-driver typewriters"
— Tom Hanks · documented in his book Uncommon Type and in interviews
Used by
Tom Hanks
part of personal collection; featured in Uncommon Type (ongoing)
See & hear it for yourself
All sources
External, in their original form. The people who know these machines best — click through to read and watch.
Specifications
- Manufacturer
- Olympia
- Origin
- West Germany
- Years
- 1964–1979
- Form
- Portable
- Mass
- 6 kg
- Shift
- basket