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What's the deal with Win 8.1 ?
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:41:36 -0600, philo* wrote:
I might have a non-working Selectric in my attic but more than likely I threw it out. You have *everything* in your attic. |
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What's the deal with Win 8.1 ?
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:22:06 -0500, Nil
wrote: On 20 Jan 2014, =?ISO-8859-15?Q?philo=A0?= wrote in alt.comp.os.windows-8: Hard to believe that I can recall when an IBM Selectric was state of the art! I actually had a service call once at their plant in Lexington. I threw a Selectric out in the trash about a year ago. It had been sitting in the garage for a couple of decades and seemed too rusted to salvage. I tried to sell the type balls on craigslist, but didn't get even a nibble. They eventually went in the trash, too. I shed a quite tear. For its time, it was a nice machine. Another typewriter that impressed me was the Olivetti 121 and 221. The keyboard was VERY nice. I think my speed went up about 10 WPM when I used one. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko |
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What's the deal with Win 8.1 ?
On 21 Jan 2014, Gene Wirchenko wrote in
alt.comp.os.windows-8: For its time, it was a nice machine. Another typewriter that impressed me was the Olivetti 121 and 221. The keyboard was VERY nice. I think my speed went up about 10 WPM when I used one. I learned to type on my Dad's Hermes 3000 typewriter. I took a summer school typing class and had to lug that thing a mile and a half each way. It was built like a tank and seemed to weigh as much as one to me at that time. It had a lot of fancy features and seemed to be a precision-built machine, but I always thought that its action was very stiff, which I don't think did my typing any favors. My speed and accuracy went way up when I finally got to use an electric. There's something comforting and productive about that tap-tap-tappa- tap-ding! sound. That's probably why I still cling to my clicky IBM computer keyboard. |
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What's the deal with Win 8.1 ?
On 01/21/2014 03:29 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:41:36 -0600, philo wrote: I might have a non-working Selectric in my attic but more than likely I threw it out. You have *everything* in your attic. Yes I do... but a little less of *everything* than I did a few years ago. BTW: I actually found one of the house's original gas jets stashed away up in the attic! |
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What's the deal with Win 8.1 ?
On 01/21/2014 03:55 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
On T For its time, it was a nice machine. Another typewriter that impressed me was the Olivetti 121 and 221. The keyboard was VERY nice. I think my speed went up about 10 WPM when I used one. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko In high school I took typing on one of those avocado green Olivettis. To make sure we really learned, most of the typewriters had no markings on the keys. I always got to class early so I could get one of the few that was actually marked. As a result I never really learned to type very well. Kind of dumb. |
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