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But remember that the Model M (and the F that it superceded, which was if anything even louder) was released into an environment where the default "keyboard" so
by ajross 3y ago
But remember that the Model M (and the F that it superceded, which was if anything even louder) was released into an environment where the default "keyboard" sound was that of a Selectric typewriter or Teletype unit! These weren't "quiet" devices by the standards of their day, but they certainly weren't seen as especially noisy.
Offices used to be very different places, acoustically.
- lproven 3y agoOh yes. I am an official Grumpy Olde Pharte and I remember working in the 1980s, in an office full of the things... and a computer room full of people hammering away at DEC VT200s and the like. Noisy as hell but we filtered it out.
- virgulino 3y agoMy Brazilian 8-bit MSX back in the 80s, by default, emitted the sound of a typewriter, through the TV speakers, for every key pressed! tek-tek-tek...