an old Remington Standard typewriter, painted red, called a type-o-meter: 10 cents got you 30 minutes of typing time

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1. Mark A. Rayner (markarayner@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 11:40:02 JST Mark A. Rayner

   TIL: Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 on a coin-operated typewriter he found in the basement of UCLA's Powell Library:

   “So, exhilarated, I got a bag of dimes and settled into the room, and in nine days I spent $9.80 and wrote my story; in other words, it was a dime novel,” Bradbury said.

   Source: http://magazine.ucla.edu/exclusives/from-dimes-to-fareinheit-451/ (via Neatorama: https://www.neatorama.com/2024/06/09/Ray-Bradbury-Wrote-Fahrenheit-451-on-a-Coin-Operated-Typewriter/)

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