Comments on: Hermes 3000

By: Biography Corner: Tracy Daugherty’s Larry McMurtry: A Life and McMurtry’s Books: A Memoir | Donna M. Campbell

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:20:03 +0000

[…] writing routine: Daugherty tells us that McMurtry wrote on a Hermes 3000 typewriter, which McMurtry famously thanked in a 2006 Golden Globes acceptance speech for the screenplay of […]

By: klack goes the keyboard - an ode to the good old typewriter

klack goes the keyboard - an ode to the good old typewriter — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 17:00:20 +0000

[…] Every week, I lift one of these rather heavy machines from its shelf and spend a glorious fifteen minutes pounding away. Time-honoured sentences such as “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” and “now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party” exercise most, it not all, keys and all the fingers and bring a tear to my eye. Nevertheless, I still lust after a grown-up “standard office” typewriter, especially one of the later Olympia SG3s or the lust-worthy Hermes 3000. […]

By: John Cooper

John Cooper — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 19:18:19 +0000

In reply to Kathryn Kitsi Watterson. The Hermes 3000 was introduced in June of 1958.

By: Kathryn Kitsi Watterson

Kathryn Kitsi Watterson — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 18:03:08 +0000

I love my Hermes 3000. I was wondering when was it first on the market?

By: Daniel Marleau

Daniel Marleau — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 17:56:54 +0000

In reply to Harley. Thanks, and cheers!

By: Harley

Harley — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 04:58:11 +0000

Hello mate greatt blog post

By: Daniel Marleau

Daniel Marleau — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 00:15:21 +0000

In reply to cindyvermillion. Nine bucks?! Wow, that's about the price of a ribbon. It's often these kinds of finds that bring the greatest treasure.

By: cindyvermillion

cindyvermillion — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 12:16:52 +0000

In reply to Chad. Cool! Does it have a metal frame? I bought a 70s Hermes 3000 with the plastic shell at the thrift store for $9 the other day in perfect working order? I was amazed! Yes, it's snappy, alright!

By: Daniel Marleau

Daniel Marleau — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 14:57:20 +0000

In reply to Scott. Thanks, Scott. Dots, dashes and pages! Keep 'em flying!

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 03:37:25 +0000

In reply to David Sterling.

Daniel,
Your Hermes 3000 review is spot on. I’m old ham radio operator of more than 30 years with code. Over the years my fist has learned how to spell words using Morse without thinking of the letters.

A few months ago my daughter found a Hermes 3000 that had seen service on Air Force 2 back when. (I suspect from what the owner didn’t say). Of late I’ve noticed my Hermes is so capable I can devote my attention to the message rather than the letters. Who would have thought?