On 27Sept2023 2250, Timothy Collinson - timothy.collinson at port.ac.uk
(via tml list) wrote:
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> All this has reminded me that I used to edit a school magazine (I had
> completely forgotten about this!) which was produced on a banda machine:
> https://www.1900s.org.uk/banda.htm <https://www.1900s.org.uk/banda.htm>
> I have a feeling that if I looked hard enough, I might still find some
> issues in the attic.
>
> I also recall using one later in life in a church for something or other.
>
> What's coming back to me is the distinctive colour of the blue ink and
> the unique smell.
>
> Pretty sure there will be Traveller worlds at a tech level such that
> this is still the best way of producing 'in house' material cheaply and
> on a small scale.
>
> tc

In the late 70s, the school I went to had a similar machine, a Gestetner
made one, though of the spirit duplicator type rather than an original
Gestetner type machine. I too, remember that smell, from helping with
the printing of the weekly school newsletter.

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