Sunday, February 25, 2018

No. 12 - Typewriter of the Day: 1971 Hermes 3000

No. 12 - Hermes 3000 Series 3 (1971)

I was going to sell or give this typewriter to Value Village, it was not in great shape with sun damage on several parts.  while contemplating its demise I discovered that it had a full complement of French accent keys.  Previously I had sold a Smith Corona Clipper with a full French keyboard, I had tried to use it but the key arrangement was too tough to master.  The Clipper had to go to someone who would type in French.  This machine had the English keyboard with French characters which saved it's life.

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