22 Jan
2012
22 Jan
'12
8:52 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: fraveydank at gmail.com
Sent: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:41:27 -0500
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Typewriters (was: Thinking of keyboard interfaces)
On Jan 22, 2012, at 2:32 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I'm a fan of the IBM Wheelwriter, myself. They're great machines, and they
even show up at thrift stores! They do proportional type like an Exec,
without the weight, and you can change typefaces like a Selectric.
The olympia electronic machines are nice also, but not at all common
in this country these days (I did spot one in a thrift last year, though).
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Six-key rollover seems to be a good compromise; I
suspect the most
anyone sees in the real world is 3 or 4 key.
Or perhaps today's crop of keyboardists never learned to type on a
typewriter.
I certainly never did. I'm looking into getting a typewriter somewhat
soon, both for teaching myself to type a little better (more accurately,
and separating the keystrokes better) and also because typewritten recipe
cards look so much better than printed ones or my own child-like scrawl.
Smith-Corona's Silent and Silent Super seem to be general favorites among
the portables; anyone have other recommendations? I seem to be able to
find properly working instances of the above for less than $100 on
eBay/Etsy.
- Dave