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*This post is from the archive. It was scheduled pre-hurricane.
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5 comments:

  1. Richard P8/31/2011 10:42 AM

    That's odd, most typewriters include an @ /¢ key. Even my 1889 Hammond includes @.

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  2. mpclemens8/31/2011 4:38 PM

    Guess you have to fake it with (a) or the like.

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  3. Phred8/31/2011 5:02 PM

    "Underwood Typewriter Company included the symbol on the keyboard of "Underwood No. 5" in 1900."- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_sign

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  4. Awkward Engineer8/31/2011 8:55 PM

    I have a 1936 Royal portable. No "@" key. Go figure.

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  5. Phred9/01/2011 8:51 AM

    It was a 10-year-old model, they went cheap.

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