Enter the "Gail." Named either after a lead engineer’s daughter or a long-forgotten code name for "gentle actuation, improved layout" (the lore is split), the Gail was supposed to be Remington’s final stand.
If you look at the alleged patent sketch (US D312, perhaps?), it looks like a cross between a DataHand and a modern Alice-layout board. It’s organic. It’s weird. And if it existed, it would cost $2,000 on eBay today. This is where the story gets sad—and predictable. remington gail keyboard
If you haven’t heard of it, don’t worry. For a long time, neither had we. But according to fragmented catalog scans and a single, grainy patent photo from 1989, the Remington Gail might represent one of the greatest "what ifs" in typing history. First, a reality check: Remington is no stranger to typing. They built the first commercial typewriter in 1873. By the 1980s, however, they were struggling to transition from mechanical typewriters to electronic word processors. Enter the "Gail
Enter the "Gail." Named either after a lead engineer’s daughter or a long-forgotten code name for "gentle actuation, improved layout" (the lore is split), the Gail was supposed to be Remington’s final stand.
If you look at the alleged patent sketch (US D312, perhaps?), it looks like a cross between a DataHand and a modern Alice-layout board. It’s organic. It’s weird. And if it existed, it would cost $2,000 on eBay today. This is where the story gets sad—and predictable.
If you haven’t heard of it, don’t worry. For a long time, neither had we. But according to fragmented catalog scans and a single, grainy patent photo from 1989, the Remington Gail might represent one of the greatest "what ifs" in typing history. First, a reality check: Remington is no stranger to typing. They built the first commercial typewriter in 1873. By the 1980s, however, they were struggling to transition from mechanical typewriters to electronic word processors.