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News from the members areaThe bulletin board currently contains 2282 entries. The last topics were

   25.01.2020 Vorstandswahl: Kandidatenvorstellung Matias Rajkay (updated)
   24.01.2020 Odoma 2 Tasten gesucht (updated)
   24.01.2020 Adler 31 und Triumph 10 gesucht (updated)

The calculator encyclopedia currently contains 1838 entries. The latest are

   25.01.2020 Brunsviga MS "Arithmotyp" engl., GNC, Braunschweig (D)
   22.01.2020 Astra A, Astra-Werke AG
   24.12.2019 Astra C, Astra-Werke AG

The typewriter encyclopedia currently contains 231 entries. The latest are

   18.12.2019 Remington Typewriter Mod. 16
   09.12.2019 REMINGTON Modell 10 S, Remington Typewriter Company
   03.11.2019 GISELA , Gisela Schreibmaschinenwerk Günther & Co., Schillingstraße 14, Berlin.

03.01.2020
New: HBw-Aktuell 01/2020 (member area)

In this issue (among others):

  • The historic office technology page: NCR Class 18 desktop calculator with Nixie tubes
  • My favorite machines: The Rapid Typewriter
  • Documents from the office world of the past:
    receipt from the Greif-Werke company, 1919
  • Invitation to the IFHB Meeting in Berlin, April 17-19 (with program)
  • Information on the IFHB election
  • Invitation to meeting in Garbsen
and, as usual: advertisements, market reflections, this & that ...

Peter Muckermann

03.12.2019
Historische Bürowelt No. 118 / December 2019

This issue contains

  • Offices need quality papers
    (with English translation in the members area)
  • The circular slide rule by Röther
  • When the chain adders came to Germany
  • ABC typewriters made in Bielefeld
  • Circular adders made by Ugrich and Hauff - Part 2
  • New insights into old offices: USSR around 1935

Martin Reese

03.12.2019
New: HBw-Aktuell 12/2019 (member area)

In this issue (among others):

  • The historic office technology page: the Ohtani Japanese typewriter
  • My favorite tools
  • Documents from the office world of the past
  • North German regional meeting, Essen
  • Benningen sews, writes, and calculates
and, as usual: advertisements, market reflections, this & that ...

Peter Muckermann

05.11.2019
New: HBw-Aktuell 11/2019 (member area)

In this issue (among others):

  • The historic office technology page: restored Adler 15 with Fraktur type
  • My favorite tools
  • Documents from the office world of the past
  • North German regional meeting in Hamburg-Braak
  • Office antiques auction in Cologne
  • Regional meeting in Ansbach-Eyb
  • Invitation to the German southwest meeting
and, as usual: advertisements, market reflections, this & that ...

Peter Muckermann

01.10.2019
New: HBw-Aktuell 10/2019 (member area)

In this issue (among others):

  • The historic office technology page: Howard Carter's Royal Portable
  • My favorite tools
  • Documents from the office world of the past
  • Regional meeting in Essen
  • Typewriter exhibition in Moscow
and, as usual: advertisements, market reflections, this & that ...

Peter Muckermann

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