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Royal Safarithe candy-colored 60s portable
Royal's late-1960s ultraportable, made when typewriters were getting brighter and less reverent. The turquoise version is iconic, with cream finish and matching case. The mechanism is plastic-trimmed and the carriage shorter than the QDL's, but the typing action is competent. A good first machine for someone who wants something that looks like the 1960s.
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Specifications
- Manufacturer
- Royal Typewriter Company
- Origin
- Netherlands (later production)
- Years
- 1965–1973
- Form
- Ultraportable
- Mass
- 4.5 kg
- Shift
- segment-shift