Equipment:

writing utensils and office needs

Ball point

Fountain pen
(pre War)

Fountain pen
(post War)

ink cartridges
(10 Pack)

Ink



Pocket calculator
(electronic)

Calculator
(mechanical)

Abacus

Slide rule

Type writer
(mechanical)

Type writer
(electrical)

Type writer band

A writing utensil from before the War. Nearly produced as often as matches.

A refillable writing utensil from before the War. From a simple school child's pen to the expensive, gilded sytlograph of a writing snob.
Uses either disposable ink cartridges or is filled by sucking ink into an own tank. The latter is more expensive.

A copy of the pens from before the War. Due to a lack of cartridges, nearly all of these suck the ink into an own tank.

Ink cartridges from before the War are now hard to find. But in the New California Republic there are supposed to be people, that wish to erect a new factory for them.

Ink, mostly filled into small glass bottles, is still mass produced after the War. Pre War products are qualitatively better, but post War products aren't that bad either and much cheaper.



A battery powered or solar powered calculator with LCD display. Nothing more than an expensive technical toy, to many people. Nearly all of these have been made before the War.

A mechanic calculating machine, that prints it's results on paper, that itself is a great receipt for the shopping. Even after the war, these have been produced in masses.

A simple tool for simple calculations. Available everywhere, it eases smaller calculations a lot. Available in ivory or horn versions, though those more expensive abaci are used more as an
ornament.

The more complex version of the abacus, for far more complicated calculations. A really intelligent person, that likes to show off his cognitive skills, prefers that to a *pah* pocket calculator. Or just counts in their head.

A simple, mechanical type writer. The favorite of all writers and bureaucrats. For simple text processing. Quality wise, everything is possible here, from really old typewriters, as they were for
example produced in Germany in the middle of the 20th century to the nearly equally good machines that have started coming out of the Boneyard in the last few years to first pre War models, that nearly need to be used with fists and are accordingly heavy.

Built much lighter and also much easier to use than a mechanical typewriter. With those things you can easily get 800 key strokes per minute. The disadvantage, of course: it needs a functioning power outlet or a lot of improvisation to attach a portable energy source.

A band coated with type writer ink. Available in various colors, though mostly for a small extra fee. Many of these bands are universally useable for many type writer types.

Starting at 5 $

0.1 pound

Starting at 50 $

Starting at 0.2 pounds

Starting at 40 $

Starting at 0.2 pounds

Starting at 30 $

0.2 pounds

Starting at 25 $

(pre war)

Starting at  12 $

(post war)

0.5 pound

Starting at 75 $

0.5 pound

Starting at 50 $

2 pounds

Starting at 10 $

1 pound

Starting at 30 $

1 pound

Starting at 150 $

Starting at 8 pounds

Starting at 250 $

Starting at 6 pounds

Starting at 20 $

0.1 pounds