Its an incredible story and way another time. As my cousin put it while i was last in ivrea: those factory buildings where like spaceships at that time. Partialy very bad luck, but with all the nostalgia i think adriano was also partialy a bit dreamy and that ultimately came at a cost. On the other side and what rarely gets mentioned: olivetti had a really good and massive sales crew. And that allowed them to spend money on these things.

Ps.Adriano is my biological grandfather. Pps.i posted the link before, but didnt get much traction.

Author here. I’d love to talk to you about your grandfather, Ivrea, and so on if you’re open to it.

Admin at the linked domain.