I was 10 at the time and my father was a typewriter repairman. He purchased a Mac the first day it came out. To that point, the IBM PC had not affected the typ

I was 10 at the time and my father was a typewriter repairman. He purchased a Mac the first day it came out. To that point, the IBM PC had not affected the typewriter repair business because of the archaic document preparation programs then in use (similar to latex). When I hooked up the Mac and started typing a document, my father said "oh shit" and knew that his business was done. I then went to print the document, and the printer didn't work because the first batch of printer cables were defective. Nonetheless, 30 years ago today the office was transformed -- dedicated typists were no longer needed because people could prepare final copies of their own documents.