<s>
The	O
Olivetti	O
company	O
,	O
an	O
Italian	O
manufacturer	O
of	O
computers	O
,	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
smartphones	B-Application
,	O
printers	O
and	O
other	O
such	O
business	O
products	O
as	O
calculators	B-Application
and	O
fax	O
machines	O
,	O
was	O
founded	O
as	O
a	O
typewriters	O
manufacturer	O
by	O
Camillo	O
Olivetti	O
in	O
1908	O
in	O
the	O
Turin	O
commune	O
of	O
Ivrea	O
,	O
Italy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1994	O
,	O
Olivetti	O
stopped	O
production	O
of	O
typewriters	O
,	O
as	O
more	O
and	O
more	O
users	O
were	O
transitioning	O
to	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
the	O
mid-1960s	O
,	O
the	O
Olivetti	B-Application
typewriters	I-Application
were	O
fully	O
mechanical	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
writing	O
keys	O
,	O
the	O
keyboard	O
includes	O
a	O
space	B-Device
bar	I-Device
,	O
two	O
shift	B-Device
keys	I-Device
,	O
a	O
shift	O
lock	O
,	O
a	O
return	O
key	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
tab	O
key	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Olivetti	B-Application
Lettera	I-Application
22	I-Application
is	O
a	O
portable	O
mechanical	O
typewriter	O
designed	O
by	O
Marcello	O
Nizzoli	O
in	O
1949	O
or	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
current	O
owner	O
Telecom	O
Italia	O
,	O
1950	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1959	O
the	O
Illinois	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
chose	O
the	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
as	O
the	O
best	O
design	O
product	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
100	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
is	O
an	O
oblique	O
frontstroke	O
typebar	O
typewriter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
basket	O
shift	O
or	O
segment	O
shift	O
(	O
that	O
is	O
,	O
the	O
unit	O
including	O
the	O
typebars	O
moves	O
up	O
and	O
down	O
when	O
shifting	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
carriage	O
shift	O
system	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
is	O
quite	O
compact	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
1950s	O
portable	O
typewriters	O
using	O
a	O
basket	O
shift	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Smith	O
Corona	O
Sterling	O
or	O
Remington-Rand	O
Quiet-Riter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
also	O
features	O
a	O
tabulator	O
setting	O
and	O
clearing	O
system	O
that	O
is	O
controlled	O
from	O
the	O
keyboard	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
innovative	O
margin	O
release	O
that	O
does	O
double	O
duty	O
as	O
a	O
paragraph	O
indentation	O
key	O
(	O
it	O
indents	O
a	O
paragraph	O
when	O
it	O
is	O
held	O
down	O
as	O
the	O
carriage	O
is	O
returned	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
the	O
typing	O
keys	O
,	O
the	O
keyboard	O
includes	O
a	O
space	B-Device
bar	I-Device
,	O
two	O
shift	B-Device
keys	I-Device
,	O
one	O
caps	B-Device
lock	I-Device
key	I-Device
,	O
a	O
backspace	B-Device
key	I-Device
and	O
a	O
margin	O
release	O
key	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
these	O
,	O
only	O
the	O
backspace	B-Device
key	I-Device
bears	O
a	O
mark	O
on	O
it	O
(	O
an	O
arrow	O
pointing	O
right	O
)	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
other	O
five	O
mentioned	O
are	O
left	O
anonymous	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Olivetti	B-Application
Lettera	I-Application
22	I-Application
is	O
mentioned	O
on	O
pg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Olivetti	B-Application
Lettera	I-Application
22	I-Application
typewriter	O
was	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
film	O
The	O
Talented	O
Mr.	O
Ripley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Indro	O
Montanelli	O
,	O
the	O
famous	O
Italian	O
journalist	O
and	O
newspaper	O
director	O
,	O
used	O
his	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
almost	O
everywhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
monument	O
in	O
Milan	O
's	O
public	O
gardens	O
Giardini	O
Pubblici	O
Indro	O
Montanelli	O
,	O
inspired	O
from	O
a	O
famous	O
photo	O
of	O
Montanelli	O
from	O
the	O
1950s	O
,	O
is	O
dedicated	O
to	O
him	O
and	O
his	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
American	O
writer	O
Joan	O
Didion	O
mentions	O
her	O
Olivetti	B-Application
Lettera	I-Application
22	I-Application
in	O
her	O
book	O
Where	O
I	O
Was	O
From	O
,	O
recalling	O
that	O
she	O
typed	O
her	O
1963	O
novel	O
Run	O
,	O
River	O
on	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
William	O
S	O
.	O
Burroughs	O
replaced	O
his	O
Remington	O
typewriter	O
with	O
a	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
in	O
1964	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
chapter	O
99	O
of	O
Hopscotch	O
,	O
Argentinian	O
novelist	O
Julio	O
Cortázar	O
writes	O
(	O
translation	O
follows	O
)	O
"	O
En	O
aquel	O
tiempo	O
había	O
sido	O
como	O
si	O
lo	O
que	O
escribía	O
estuviese	O
ya	O
tendido	O
delante	O
de	O
él	O
,	O
escribir	O
era	O
pasar	O
una	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
sobre	O
palabras	O
invisibles	O
pero	O
presentes	O
,	O
como	O
el	O
diamante	O
por	O
el	O
surco	O
del	O
disco.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
translates	O
to	O
"	O
In	O
those	O
times	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
as	O
though	O
what	O
he	O
wrote	O
were	O
already	O
stretched	O
out	O
ahead	O
of	O
him	O
,	O
writing	O
was	O
passing	O
a	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
over	O
invisible	O
but	O
present	O
words	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
needle	O
on	O
the	O
groove	O
of	O
the	O
record.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Olivetti	O
Lettera	O
32	O
is	O
a	O
portable	O
mechanical	O
typewriter	O
designed	O
by	O
Marcello	O
Nizzoli	O
for	O
Olivetti	O
in	O
1963	O
as	O
the	O
successor	O
of	O
the	O
popular	O
Olivetti	B-Application
Lettera	I-Application
22	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apart	O
from	O
the	O
typing	O
keys	O
,	O
the	O
keyboard	O
includes	O
a	O
space	B-Device
bar	I-Device
,	O
two	O
shift	B-Device
keys	I-Device
,	O
a	O
caps	B-Device
lock	I-Device
,	O
a	O
backspace	B-Device
key	I-Device
,	O
margin	O
release	O
key	O
,	O
paragraph	O
indentation	O
key	O
and	O
a	O
tab-stop	O
set/unset	O
key	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Francis	O
Ford	O
Coppola	O
used	O
an	O
Olivetti	O
Lettera	O
32	O
to	O
write	O
the	O
screenplay	O
for	O
the	O
1972	O
motion	O
picture	O
The	B-Application
Godfather	I-Application
,	O
which	O
he	O
also	O
directed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
Lettera	B-Application
22	I-Application
and	O
32	O
,	O
which	O
maintain	O
a	O
simple	O
and	O
essential	O
style	O
,	O
the	O
Lettera	O
35	O
features	O
a	O
robust	O
design	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
image	O
of	O
a	O
professional	O
machine	O
that	O
recalls	O
the	O
future	O
Lettera	O
36	O
,	O
an	O
electric	O
typewriter	O
released	O
in	O
1970	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
than	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
keyboard	O
had	O
a	O
space	B-Device
bar	I-Device
,	O
two	O
keys	O
to	O
set	O
uppercase	O
letters	O
,	O
a	O
caps	B-Device
lock	I-Device
key	I-Device
,	O
a	O
lever	O
to	O
for	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
go	O
beyond	O
the	O
set	O
margins	O
,	O
a	O
key	O
for	O
backspacing	O
,	O
a	O
lever	O
to	O
switch	O
tabs	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
(	O
red	O
)	O
key	O
to	O
switch	O
between	O
tabs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
special	O
version	O
of	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
Editor	O
4ST	O
which	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
Olivetti	O
as	O
a	O
alphanumeric	O
printer	O
for	O
some	O
of	O
their	O
first	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
like	O
P506	O
and	O
P652	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
type	O
spaces	O
with	O
2	O
or	O
3	O
elementary	O
steps	O
the	O
space	B-Device
bar	I-Device
is	O
dived	O
into	O
to	O
halfes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
national	O
keyboard	O
layouts	O
and	O
typeballs	O
were	O
customizeable	O
over	O
a	O
mechanical	O
'	O
ROM	B-Device
 '	O
based	O
on	O
metal	O
flags	O
inside	O
the	O
keyboards	O
where	O
in	O
production	O
or	O
maintanance	O
single	O
teeth	O
could	O
be	O
broken	O
out	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
layout	O
according	O
to	O
tables	O
in	O
the	O
service	O
manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upgraded	O
version	O
of	O
Lexikon	O
92	O
having	O
additional	O
correction	O
ribbon	O
,	O
so	O
with	O
this	O
model	O
already	O
written	O
text	O
could	O
be	O
deleted	O
half	O
manually	O
by	O
press	O
a	O
delete	O
key	O
which	O
backspaces	B-Device
the	O
paper	O
wagon	O
and	O
then	O
the	O
typist	O
has	O
to	O
press	O
the	O
character	O
he	O
wants	O
to	O
delete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
the	O
ET	O
series	O
typewriters	O
without	O
(	O
or	O
with	O
)	O
LCD	B-Device
and	O
different	O
levels	O
of	O
text	O
editing	O
capabilities	O
were	O
popular	O
in	O
offices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
top	O
models	O
were	O
8	O
lines	O
LCD	B-Device
based	O
portables	O
like	O
Top	O
100	O
and	O
Studio	O
801	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
possibility	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
text	O
to	O
a	O
3.5-inch	O
floppy	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
professional	O
line	O
was	O
upgraded	O
with	O
the	O
ETV	O
series	O
video	O
typewriters	O
based	O
on	O
CP/M	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
ETV	O
240	O
,	O
ETV	O
250	O
,	O
ETV	O
300	O
,	O
ETV	O
350	O
and	O
later	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
operating	O
system	O
based	O
ETV	O
260	O
,	O
ETV	O
500	O
,	O
ETV	O
2700	O
,	O
ETV	O
2900	O
,	O
ETV	O
4000s	O
word	O
processing	O
systems	O
having	O
floppy	O
drives	O
or	O
hard	B-Device
disks	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ETV	O
300	O
wordprocessor	O
is	O
a	O
Zilog	B-General_Concept
Z80	I-General_Concept
based	O
box	O
running	O
on	O
CP/M	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
rare	O
version	O
is	O
the	O
diskless	O
ETV	O
300	O
which	O
used	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
and	O
MWP	O
in	O
a	O
ROM	B-Device
and	O
storing	O
the	O
documents	O
in	O
battery	O
buffered	O
SRAM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
base	O
board	O
it	O
has	O
two	O
computers	O
,	O
a	O
simpler	O
one	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
NEC	O
7801	O
CPU	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
keyboaerd	O
and	O
the	O
ET	O
115	O
office	O
typewriter	O
based	O
daisywheel	O
printer	O
and	O
a	O
Z80	B-General_Concept
CPU	O
based	O
running	O
CP/M	B-Application
2.2	O
and	O
the	O
MWP	O
wordprocessor	O
software	O
from	O
ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
ROM	B-Device
based	O
design	O
the	O
ETV	O
250	O
boots	O
CP/M	B-Application
2.2	O
and	O
MWP	O
wordprocessor	O
from	O
3.5	O
floppy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
on	O
ETV	O
300	O
the	O
wordprocessor	O
was	O
exitable	O
to	O
run	O
standard	O
CP/M	B-Application
software	O
on	O
this	O
video	O
typewriter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
video	O
typewriter	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Olivetti	B-Device
M19	I-Device
mainboard	O
and	O
ET	O
116	O
office	O
typewriter	O
daisywheel	O
printer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
it	O
has	O
Intel	O
8088	O
CPU	O
at	O
8	O
MHz	O
(	O
M19	O
is	O
only	O
4.77	O
Mhz	O
)	O
,	O
640	O
kB	O
RAM	O
and	O
CGA	O
graphics	O
it	O
runs	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
it	O
's	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
word	O
processing	O
software	O
SWS	O
(	O
secretary	O
's	O
work-station	O
)	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Olivetti	O
branded	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
3.20	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
mass	O
storage	O
it	O
is	O
uses	O
two	O
3.5	O
inch	O
720	O
kB	O
floppy	O
drives	O
or	O
one	O
floppy	O
drive	O
plus	O
20	O
MB	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thr	O
printer	O
driver	O
also	O
contains	O
a	O
hotkey	O
function	O
which	O
is	O
running	O
under	O
any	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
software	O
to	O
write	O
directly	O
on	O
the	O
printer	O
like	O
a	O
normal	O
typewriter	O
,	O
inclusive	O
correction	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SWP	O
wordprocessor	O
software	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
read	O
MWP	O
documents	O
of	O
ETV	O
350	O
,	O
240	O
,	O
250	O
and	O
210s	O
from	O
their	O
proprietary	O
CP/M	B-Application
based	O
disk	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
basically	O
a	O
rebadged	O
Olivetti	B-Device
M19	I-Device
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ETV	O
210s	O
runns	O
with	O
a	O
Zilog	B-General_Concept
Z80	I-General_Concept
compatible	O
CPU	O
from	O
Hitachi	O
,	O
running	O
CP/M	B-Application
and	O
wordprocessor	O
in	O
ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
style	O
external	O
keyboard	O
is	O
quite	O
special	O
as	O
it	O
contains	O
80x5	O
characters	O
alphanumeric	O
LC	B-Device
display	I-Device
to	O
write	O
the	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
runs	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
the	O
SWP	O
word	O
processor	O
software	O
which	O
is	O
document	O
compatible	O
to	O
ETV	O
260	O
/	O
3000	O
SWP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
mass	O
storage	O
there	O
could	O
be	O
one	O
720	O
kB	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
compatibl3	O
floppy	O
drive	O
,	O
or	O
two	O
of	O
them	O
,	O
or	O
one	O
of	O
them	O
plus	O
20	O
MB	O
XTA	O
interface	O
based	O
harddisk	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
same	O
like	O
ETV	O
2900	O
,	O
the	O
only	O
difference	O
is	O
modified	O
BIOS	O
to	O
prevent	O
user	O
to	O
boot	O
from	O
standard	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
diskettes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
prevented	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
run	O
other	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
based	O
applications	O
on	O
VM	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1994	O
,	O
Olivetti	O
stopped	O
production	O
of	O
typewriters	O
,	O
as	O
more	O
and	O
more	O
users	O
were	O
transitioning	O
to	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
