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1981 Brother Charger 11 Serial # K13985915 1981 Brother Charger 11 typewriter, Serial # K13985915 John Reilley's 1981 Brother Charger 11 typewriter. 2021-06-17 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of John Reilley: 1981 Brother Charger 11 Serial # K13985915 Good old Charger 11, I can always count on you! This one has a strange bugbear where shifted characters won't always imprint the first time around, and you have to back it up and restrike at which point it will print ink on paper. Seems to only happen when going from non-shifted to shift characters, as if you put the shift lock on and type in all caps, it'll keep on putting ink on paper like normal. But the moment you go back to unshifted characters, boom, no imprint when hitting shift. Strange...

1981 Brother Charger 11 #K13985915

Status: My Collection
Hunter: John Reilley (jcreilley)
Created: 06-17-2021 at 09:15AM
Last Edit: 06-17-2021 at 11:48AM


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Good old Charger 11, I can always count on you! This one has a strange bugbear where shifted characters won't always imprint the first time around, and you have to back it up and restrike at which point it will print ink on paper. Seems to only happen when going from non-shifted to shift characters, as if you put the shift lock on and type in all caps, it'll keep on putting ink on paper like normal. But the moment you go back to unshifted characters, boom, no imprint when hitting shift. Strange...

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Hunter: John Reilley (jcreilley)

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I'm a high school English teacher. Whenever I have to teach my students how to format a paper, I unleash a flock of Charger 11's at them! (they love it). I am most interested in the Brother brand, but I dabble in any and all machines.



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