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My typewriter has been successfully serviced 45 years after being produced.
by horsh1 6mo ago
My typewriter has been successfully serviced 45 years after being produced.
- pseudosavant 6mo agoTrue. I would point out that in 45 years ago, in 1981, the typewriter as a product was over 100 years old (first sold 1874). There was a lot of time to standardize by 1981. And there probably haven't been a lot of serviceable pre-1900s typewriters for quite a while. The first Kindle came out in 2007. Who knows what an e-reader will be like in 2107?
- johngossman 6mo agoI got it. And I've played a 1905 Martin and you can still plug a 1950s telecaster into a 1950s amp in turn plugged into wall power and everything works. Just saying, that is not the consumer electronics world in 2026.
- pseudosavant 6mo agoThe amp would only be working if it had repairs multiple times by now though. Capacitors don't last 75 years, and tubes last much shorter than capacitors. A replacement set of tubes for a 1950s Fender amp costs $200-$400 today, just for parts. A lot more than a new Kindle. A Kindle might even be less e-waste than a set of tubes too.