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Old January 21st 14, 10:29 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Ken Blake, MVP[_4_]
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Default 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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Old January 21st 14, 10:55 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Gene Wirchenko[_2_]
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On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:22:06 -0500, Nil
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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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Old January 21st 14, 11:59 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Nil[_5_]
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Default 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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Old January 22nd 14, 12:12 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
philo [_3_]
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Default 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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Old January 22nd 14, 12:15 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
philo [_3_]
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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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