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Apollo Brailler Mark II

Nimoko (Nippon Moujin Youga Kaihatsu)

Crackled-green enameled aluminum chassis, flat and rectangular with a perpendicular slotted type-die bar mounted on back of main body which runs almost the full length of the chassis and has an angle on the left side above the die-box; bright steel and black sheet aluminum carriage slides in nickeled steel tracks; keyboard mounted on the far left front, main body is slightly scooped beneath keyboard; standard seven key braille keyboard with the space bar in the middle, rectangular black plastic key pads; back space key arranged perpendicular and to immediate right of main keyboard; three rotating disks to left of diebox will lock carriage when engaged; black plastic paper roller knob on left; nickeled steel margin-set slide on back right of chassis; hinged compartment on bottom conceals AA battery compartment which powers the carriage-return bell; four black rubber feet; black fiber-board bottom liner; tag on black enameled aluminum sheet on right top of body, "APOLLO BRAILLER MARK II/834692" plus three lines of Japanese script.

H-4.125 W-15.375 D-6.25 inches

ca. 1990

Nimoka

Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Introduced in 1979, the Apollo Brailler Mark II was developed by Nimoka (Nippon Moujin Yougu Kaihatsu), the Development Center of Tools for the Blind in Japan. Nimoka is a subsidiary of Pioneer Goods Co., Ltd. in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture. The Mark II was discontinued in 2005.