Remember these things? Electronic typewriters like this one were once a common sight wherever office equipment of any kind was sold. Eventually, even these things disappeared from store shelves. While there are some being produced today, the sun has basically set on devices of this kind. (However, a typewriter repairman that I once knew--and who still does a good business refurbishing both manual typewriters and IBM Selectric models--once told me that the typewriter is the one thing that nobody uses anymore, until it's broken. There is some truth to this.) I suppose that the idea behind marketing a model like this--which almost could have been a general purpose computer--was to provide a device to those who didn't really want the upkeep, maintenance and learning curve associated with an actual computer system. Something like this unit could almost be described as "Microsoft Works in a typewriter body".
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
The Typewriter That Wanted to be a Computer
The Typewriter That Wanted to be a Computer Video Clips. Duration : 12.45 Mins.
Remember these things? Electronic typewriters like this one were once a common sight wherever office equipment of any kind was sold. Eventually, even these things disappeared from store shelves. While there are some being produced today, the sun has basically set on devices of this kind. (However, a typewriter repairman that I once knew--and who still does a good business refurbishing both manual typewriters and IBM Selectric models--once told me that the typewriter is the one thing that nobody uses anymore, until it's broken. There is some truth to this.) I suppose that the idea behind marketing a model like this--which almost could have been a general purpose computer--was to provide a device to those who didn't really want the upkeep, maintenance and learning curve associated with an actual computer system. Something like this unit could almost be described as "Microsoft Works in a typewriter body".
Remember these things? Electronic typewriters like this one were once a common sight wherever office equipment of any kind was sold. Eventually, even these things disappeared from store shelves. While there are some being produced today, the sun has basically set on devices of this kind. (However, a typewriter repairman that I once knew--and who still does a good business refurbishing both manual typewriters and IBM Selectric models--once told me that the typewriter is the one thing that nobody uses anymore, until it's broken. There is some truth to this.) I suppose that the idea behind marketing a model like this--which almost could have been a general purpose computer--was to provide a device to those who didn't really want the upkeep, maintenance and learning curve associated with an actual computer system. Something like this unit could almost be described as "Microsoft Works in a typewriter body".
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