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USB Typewriter
- ck2 16y agoYeah but I would want it to be bi-directional like a player piano. Not just for input but output too. (they must exist as they use something like that on Fringe)
- jasongullickson 16y agoA Teletype?
- stretchwithme 16y agothats so cool. cumbersome, but very cool. almost selectric
- blasdel 16y agoThese are just shitty keyboards for affected gits. This (with a usb-parallel adaptor) is a USB Teletypewriter: http://www.wabdo.com/fred/printernet/ http://www.wabdo.com/fred/printernet/ (it's printing this thread: http://metatalk.metafilter.com/16190/Print-Stylesheet-for-Mefi http://metatalk.metafilter.com/16190/Print-Stylesheet-for-Me...) It's my letter-quality (none of that dot-matrix garbage) NEC Spinwriter 2050 printer. I have several font wheels for it, though not the Futura one I covet. One of these days I need to set it up along with one of my Model M keyboards as a serial line terminal.
- sirclueless 16y agoSomeone needs to find a way to pipe a terminal output onto one. Then we can all use ed and be happy.
- arihelgason 16y agoCharles Bukowski and writing on a computer vs. typewriter http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/charles-bukowski-william-burroughs-and-the-computer/ http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/charles-bukows...
- jdk 16y agoThe creator's page with more info (including how-tos, links to kits to DIY, the hardware used, etc) http://www.usbtypewriter.com/ http://www.usbtypewriter.com/
- fsniper 16y agoDoes Anybody know why most of these typewriters lack the numeral "1"?
- jessriedel 16y agoTo save space, you were supposed to use the "l" (lower-case "L"). I'm sure there's a good article about it, but all google found on a first try was this metafilter thread: http://ask.metafilter.com/46743/Royal-typewriter-missing-keys http://ask.metafilter.com/46743/Royal-typewriter-missing-key...
- fsniper 16y agoOh. I got it now. Ancient technology and ancient engineering problems :)