![]() ![]() It weighed only 5.2 kilos, as compared to the M1, which weighed 17 kilos, measured 11.7 centimetres high, half the height of the M1. Conceived by Gino Martinoli and Adriano Olivetti, engineered by Riccardo Levi, and designed by Aldo and Adriano Magnelli, it was intended for both office and domestic use. In 1932, Olivetti presented a portable typewriter shortly after the launch of the M40: the MP1 (Modello Portatile in Italian). Customers particularly appreciated the fixed-guide carriage, the lightness of touch of the keyboard and the speed of writing. ![]() A second version came out in 1937 and another one in the 1940s. To update the M20, Olivetti worked on a new model which came out in 1930 and remained in production until 1948, the M40. Unlike the M1, which was essentially sold in Italy, it was exported to many European and non-European markets. It featured several innovations, including the trolley running on a fixed guideway. ![]() In 1920 the M1 was replaced by a new model, the M20. Heavy and massive, it was intended for professional use in offices. It was the first Italian typewriter and had a keyboard of 42 keys corresponding to 84 signs, 33-cm paper roll allowing for 110 characters and featured two-colored ribbon, automatic reverse direction, and return key. Introduced at the Word Fair in Turin in 1911, the first Olivetti typewriter, the M1, was made of about 3000 hand made parts and weighed 17 kg. Until the mid-1960s, the Olivetti typewriters were fully mechanical.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |