A small
manual typewriter made by
Olympia in the 1960's; at the time, it was their professional/secretary model. It is small/mid-sized, with a base measuring about 25 x 25 cm, with a removable case for maintenance. Maximum paper width is about 11.5 inches; ink ribbon is the standard still sold in most stores (or at least the ones which carry those sort of things), with ink color settings for standard, red, and white (
corrective). Maximum typing speed is about 40-50 words per minute before the keys start to jam.
Olympia several years ago, during their desperate downfall, produced an Olympia 2, with memory and a computer-like keyboard; the product failed miserably.
Every so often, when my inner-luddite jumps up and threatens to throttle me for all the time I spend screwing around with Linux, I turn to my inherited typewriter, insert a roll of teletype paper, beer in hand and cigarette dangling out of my mouth, and whip out a few dozen pages or so. There is beauty there. Simplicity.