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A friend had this very same machine, causing me much envy. Meanwhile, I got through college and law school with a government refurbished Underwood that was the
by ncphil 4y ago
A friend had this very same machine, causing me much envy. Meanwhile, I got through college and law school with a government refurbished Underwood that was the polar opposite of portable. By the time I went back for my masters (in history, the law thing didn't take) I was using vde and tex on a Kaypro 1. Those old manual typewriters were great, but editing and formatting with a computer was considerably less fatiguing: unless you had to write your own daisywheel printer driver to get some output. If I'd known how hard that was going to be, I would have stuck with the Underwood. Or maybe looked for a used Selectric.
- shoo 4y ago> polar opposite of portable For some reason, this makes me think of pipe organs. If there's a ten point portability scale, maybe a pipe organ could be 1, a piano might be 2. A pencil could be 10. A sausage dog might be an 8 or 9. Some of these would be more practical writing instruments than others. I'm not familiar with Underwood typewriters, but my arms are feeling tired merely after looking at some photos online. It might be around a 3 or a 4 on our portability scale.