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The coding/decoding feature was omitted from the manuals in the Barbie versions of the typewriter, effectively 'removing' it because you could now only activate it by accident — some young girl probably got quite a surprise when her text came out garbled like that after an accidental key press combination. Actually removing the feature from the PCB means incurring extra costs, so they just left it in.


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