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Recently, I used a working typewriter. It was a very refreshing experience. It has space, tab and backspace that physically move the paper back and forth. It ha
by ezoe 7y ago
Recently, I used a working typewriter. It was a very refreshing experience. It has space, tab and backspace that physically move the paper back and forth. It has shift and caps lock which physically shift the head to use the upper part of the font.
The keystroke was too heavy and couldn't accept fact consecutive typing because of head jamming.
Now what is remaining for me is to use the working VT100 terminal and teletype.
- noisy_boy 7y agoI learned typing on a typewriter during my college summer holidays because the general advise was that if I end-up being a total academic failure, I would be able to earn my bread by typing legal documents at the city court. I thought it was a useless idea but learned it anyway (in two languages, no less). As it happens, this came handy throughout my career (before and after I was a software developer). No matter what you do, you are much more productive on a computer, if you can type without looking at the keyboard at 70-80 wpm (not bragging because in the world of good touch typists, that is a poor score).