For most of us, the clickety clack of a manual typewriter – or the gentler tapping of the IBM Selectric – are but memories, if we’ve heard them at all. But at the few remaining typewriter repair shops ...
FARGO — Some drivers may do a double take when they get a peek at the sign on John Ham's little shop tucked away just off of 16th Avenue South in Fargo. But it's no illusion. There is still a ...
In 1964, Edward Skibba started Ace Machines, a typewriter / business machine shop that sells and repairs typewriters, copiers, printers and more. After 50 years in business, Ace continues to thrive in ...
DUQUESNE, Mo. -- Forget about motherboards and mice: Bill Lyscio finds solace in the clack of a typewriter key. With powerful computers and laser printers seemingly in everyone's home, Lyscio has a ...
Chelsea, Manhattan -- On West 17th Street, a small shop sits stalled in time. Gramercy Typewriter Co. is the last typewriter store in Manhattan that still actively sells, reconditions, and repairs ...
To Ed Skibba, 83, nothing sounds sweeter than hammering out a rhythm on a well-tuned QWERTY keyboard. For the 50 years since he opened Ace Business Machines Inc. in this Milwaukee suburb, Skibba has ...
"I'm absolutely a dinosaur," the Crown Point man said. As far as he and any of his customers know, he's the only typewriter repairman left in Northwest Indiana. The Chicago native runs Crown Point ...