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I got a lucky break when I learned to type around 1960, after my mom got a Smith Corona Galaxie Electric portable. This typewriter did have the 1 and 0 keys, an
by Stratoscope 9y ago
I got a lucky break when I learned to type around 1960, after my mom got a Smith Corona Galaxie Electric portable. This typewriter did have the 1 and 0 keys, and better yet, it came with a free Smith Corona 10 Day Touch Typing Course.
That was a set of two LP records and a 20 page textbook printed on heavy card stock with a plastic ring binder at the top so you could open it tent style and read it as you listened to the record and typed along.
The first page was ergonomics: how to sit and how to type.
Then you learned the keyboard, row by row. The first two lessons covered the home row, followed by lessons for the top and bottom rows, numeric row, and finally shifting and advanced topics.
It was great fun!