Olympia Supertype 230 Office-Line Electronic Typewriter w/ Memory & Storage

Olympia Supertype 230 Office-Line Electronic Typewriter w/ Memory & Storage

The Olympia Supertype 230 is a full-featured Office-Line electronic typewriter from Olympia's late-1980s to early-1990s professional office lineup. It combines a standard QWERTY keyboard with an integrated memory system, disc-based document storage, and an ON-LINE interface port — bridging the gap between traditional electric typewriters and early word processing machines. The unit is part of Olympia's Office-Line series, branded and built for business and secretarial use.

Specifications & What's Included

• Brand: Olympia / Office-Line series
• Model: Supertype 230 (also referenced as Supertype 230i)
• Type: Electronic typewriter with memory and disc storage
• Pitch settings: 10, 12, and 15 PS (characters per inch) — selectable via front panel
• Line spacing: 1, 1.5, 2, and 3 — selectable
• Memory functions: Store, Store Disc, Recall, Recall Disc — dedicated keys on keyboard
• Layout functions: Insert Page, Page Break, Mar Adj (margin adjust), Right Justification
• P/CP/D selector on control panel (Proportional / Characters Per inch / Decimal tab)
• ON-LINE interface port on rear panel — allows connection to external devices or host system
• Additional rear ports: multiple interface connectors visible on rear panel
• Power cord included
• Form factor: Desktop
• Country of manufacture: Germany

Applications

The Olympia Supertype 230 belongs to a generation of advanced electronic typewriters produced in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when office machines were gaining memory and storage features that let users save, edit, and recall documents — functions previously requiring a dedicated word processor or PC. Machines like the Supertype 230 were standard equipment in corporate secretarial pools, law offices, government agencies, and small businesses that needed professional document output without a full computer workstation. The ON-LINE port allowed the typewriter to function as a printer terminal when connected to a host computer, a common configuration in offices that used both typewritten and computer-generated documents. Olympia was a well-regarded German typewriter manufacturer with roots going back to the early twentieth century, and the Office-Line series represented their high-end business product range. Today, Olympia electronic typewriters like the Supertype 230 are sought by collectors of vintage office equipment, as well as by users who prefer direct physical output over computer-based word processing — including artists, writers, and archivists who value typewritten documents.