Last year I donated my prized Royal to a local elementary school. I had paid $100.00 for it, with case, in 1964 and with a book alongside that is the machine on which I learned to type. I was fond of it and kept it all those years but eventually I had to face the fact that I was not ever going to use it again... I agree with you, kat- it was like driving a truck when you're used to a sports car.