Deuce 1 #1 September 21, 2004 I learned to type in 7th grade on a manual typewriter. Selectrics were still pretty cool when I was in high school. The first word processors were just coming out when I was in high school, and my undergraduate department in college was doing word processing on a program called WordStar or something like that. At a job I had a few years ago, when I heard a selectric making it's "chumpchumpchump" sound, it really brought me back. It was used only for forms, and one of the first things I did at that job was format the forms for Word. How many of you have never used a typewriter? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamjenner 0 #2 September 21, 2004 once i typed out a term paper on typewriter (grade 12) it was GREAT until you'd do a whole page and mess up on the last few words...a 4 page paper took me 5 hours to type and 9 sheets of paper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #4 September 21, 2004 QuoteI learned to type in 7th grade on a manual typewriter. Selectrics were still pretty cool when I was in high school. The first word processors were just coming out when I was in high school, and my undergraduate department in college was doing word processing on a program called WordStar or something like that. At a job I had a few years ago, when I heard a selectric making it's "chumpchumpchump" sound, it really brought me back. It was used only for forms, and one of the first things I did at that job was format the forms for Word. How many of you have never used a typewriter? Kids! I was in my mid 30's when the first (primitive) word processors for home computers came out. I typed my PhD thesis on an electric typewriter.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoysPlayThing 0 #5 September 21, 2004 I also learned in school on a manual typewriter. And I still have one of my electric typewriters that was supposed to be the top of the line back in my married days... it looks so antique now.. _______________________________________________ My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #6 September 21, 2004 Only used one to fill out some forms when I was president of a collegiate skydiving club (booking rooms for meetings and stuff). I actually enjoyed it. You could type wherever you wanted! That's so cool. Doing the same thing with a computer woulda taken forever. Course there's no reason to fill out a paper form when you can just keep all the data on the computer in the first place. For one semester, they'd just put the data into the computer. But I guess that was too hard, so they went back to typewriters... which they then retype into a computer. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #7 September 21, 2004 Back in my day, everyone toted a typewriter to college, not a computer! I have a nice electric one somewhere but don't use it anymore. I remember taking typing class and working with all of the carbon paper that was so messy and the little eraser with the fan brush on the end. Boy, am I dating myself now!She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VanillaSkyGirl 6 #8 September 21, 2004 Now I feel old. I learned to type on a typewriter and used one for a while when I was quite young. Of course, I switched to a computer, eventually. I learned to work on a computer at a young age, also, but I didn't switch over right away. I like the way that typewriters sound when you click, clack away on the keyboard. However, I wouldn't enjoy typing on one now, I don't think... It makes me smile just to read this post, though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cajundude 0 #9 September 21, 2004 Yep, had it in school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanook 1 #10 September 21, 2004 I started on one of those manual ones that required a lot of pinkie fortitude. They didn't let us use the electric jobs till our junior year. j...k...l...(aargh!)..;_____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #11 September 21, 2004 Quote I like the way that typewriters sound when you click, clack away on the keyboard. Hola, La Bonita... If I recall correctly, the older IBM keyboards still have that "typewriter feel"Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VanillaSkyGirl 6 #12 September 21, 2004 QuoteQuote I like the way that typewriters sound when you click, clack away on the keyboard. Hola, La Bonita... If I recall correctly, the older IBM keyboards still have that "typewriter feel" Ahhhh...I see...but I have a MAC cube! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #13 September 21, 2004 Quoteonce i typed out a term paper on typewriter (grade 12) it was GREAT until you'd do a whole page and mess up on the last few words...a 4 page paper took me 5 hours to type and 9 sheets of paper I learned on an electric, and used to do term papers on an old manual. The hot trick was erasable paper. That saved me a ton of do overs. I type like cr&%p. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Evelyn 0 #14 September 21, 2004 OMG, I feel so old . I was browsing antique stores with a friend recently and of course there were all kinds of things we remembered from our youth, including a manual typewritter. Another thing we saw was a 45 record player. Now if you used one of those you are really, really old. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing ~ Helen Keller Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mouth 0 #15 September 21, 2004 OMG, what a blast from the past. I learned on an old manual Royal that was green and heavy like a concrete block. My graduation present from my Dad was a new electric Royal that I had up until I moved 3 months ago. I typed many term papers on it during college to pay my fun money. Of course someone is going to comment we are older than dirt now and lived in the dark ages. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skydived19006 4 #16 September 21, 2004 I learned to type on an electric in 7th grade as well (1977). They took the typewriter away form me after the first 9 weeks because I was drawing houses and such. I think I got up to around 20 words, and still do between 20 and 30. Circa 1979 I got to play with a remote to a main frame, you used a rotary dial phone to call in, plugged the handset onto cuffs to connect. It was a keyboard and thermal paper no screen. Just played games like Lunar Lander. Look where I have come, now I get paid to not work and screw around on the internet!Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites diablopilot 2 #17 September 21, 2004 Yep. Had a great old manual everything that I typed a couple high school papers on, and an electric for a year or two.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tigra 0 #18 September 21, 2004 About 11 years ago (yes, I'm old!) I had a job interview and they actually expected me to take a typing test! I looked at the woman who was conducting the first part of the interview (a recruiter, and I was NOT applying for a clerical position) and said, "You want me to do what?" I was shocked. Of course, being over 30 I had to take a typing class in high school and hauled an electric typewriter to college. My typing sucked back then and it still sucks! We still keep a working typewriter in the office to make the occasional correction on a legal document, but I try my best not to use it! I find it easier to handwrite most corrections instead of trying to line up, cross out and type over! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mouth 0 #19 September 21, 2004 Um, I still have a 45 that works. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Snowbird 0 #20 September 21, 2004 A nice little memory trip, thanks! Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Girlfalldown 0 #21 September 21, 2004 I'm typing this with a typewriter right nop (dammit) now. Shit. Where's my white out? -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #22 September 21, 2004 There's your first problem.... I wonder if the connector is the same, or if they'd be compatible?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #23 September 21, 2004 QuoteOMG, I feel so old . I was browsing antique stores with a friend recently and of course there were all kinds of things we remembered from our youth, including a manual typewritter. Another thing we saw was a 45 record player. Now if you used one of those you are really, really old. What about 33 1/3, or reel to reel tape?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Bolas 5 #24 September 21, 2004 When I was a kid my Mom still had the manual typewriter she had in college. It was fun to play with watching the individual letters come up and hit the paper. She then got a used IBM electric for my sster to use to write papers for class. You had to backspace and use the whiting papers to correct. Next she bought a Smith Corona with the correcting thing built right in and I thing it even had two fonts... When my older sister went off to college she took a Smith Corona Word Processor. It had a 10 line screen and little disks to save stuff to. The cool thing about it is when it "printed" your document, it typed it. So it was like you were a really fast typist. Edited to add: GFD has white-out on her screen!!!! She is a blonde.. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ChasingBlueSky 0 #25 September 21, 2004 Learned on one that wasn't electric, and used one for years. I had some teachers in high school that refused to take a paper done on a dot matrix printer. Plus the word programs back then were not WYSIWYG and it was harder to format papers. In those cases the typewriter was better. My terrible typing skills forced me to type faster due to all the wasted paper I made (we were not allowed to use white out and mine didn't erase)._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. 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Evelyn 0 #14 September 21, 2004 OMG, I feel so old . I was browsing antique stores with a friend recently and of course there were all kinds of things we remembered from our youth, including a manual typewritter. Another thing we saw was a 45 record player. Now if you used one of those you are really, really old. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing ~ Helen Keller Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mouth 0 #15 September 21, 2004 OMG, what a blast from the past. I learned on an old manual Royal that was green and heavy like a concrete block. My graduation present from my Dad was a new electric Royal that I had up until I moved 3 months ago. I typed many term papers on it during college to pay my fun money. Of course someone is going to comment we are older than dirt now and lived in the dark ages. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydived19006 4 #16 September 21, 2004 I learned to type on an electric in 7th grade as well (1977). They took the typewriter away form me after the first 9 weeks because I was drawing houses and such. I think I got up to around 20 words, and still do between 20 and 30. Circa 1979 I got to play with a remote to a main frame, you used a rotary dial phone to call in, plugged the handset onto cuffs to connect. It was a keyboard and thermal paper no screen. Just played games like Lunar Lander. Look where I have come, now I get paid to not work and screw around on the internet!Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #17 September 21, 2004 Yep. Had a great old manual everything that I typed a couple high school papers on, and an electric for a year or two.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #18 September 21, 2004 About 11 years ago (yes, I'm old!) I had a job interview and they actually expected me to take a typing test! I looked at the woman who was conducting the first part of the interview (a recruiter, and I was NOT applying for a clerical position) and said, "You want me to do what?" I was shocked. Of course, being over 30 I had to take a typing class in high school and hauled an electric typewriter to college. My typing sucked back then and it still sucks! We still keep a working typewriter in the office to make the occasional correction on a legal document, but I try my best not to use it! I find it easier to handwrite most corrections instead of trying to line up, cross out and type over! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mouth 0 #19 September 21, 2004 Um, I still have a 45 that works. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird 0 #20 September 21, 2004 A nice little memory trip, thanks! Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #21 September 21, 2004 I'm typing this with a typewriter right nop (dammit) now. Shit. Where's my white out? -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #22 September 21, 2004 There's your first problem.... I wonder if the connector is the same, or if they'd be compatible?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #23 September 21, 2004 QuoteOMG, I feel so old . I was browsing antique stores with a friend recently and of course there were all kinds of things we remembered from our youth, including a manual typewritter. Another thing we saw was a 45 record player. Now if you used one of those you are really, really old. What about 33 1/3, or reel to reel tape?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #24 September 21, 2004 When I was a kid my Mom still had the manual typewriter she had in college. It was fun to play with watching the individual letters come up and hit the paper. She then got a used IBM electric for my sster to use to write papers for class. You had to backspace and use the whiting papers to correct. Next she bought a Smith Corona with the correcting thing built right in and I thing it even had two fonts... When my older sister went off to college she took a Smith Corona Word Processor. It had a 10 line screen and little disks to save stuff to. The cool thing about it is when it "printed" your document, it typed it. So it was like you were a really fast typist. Edited to add: GFD has white-out on her screen!!!! She is a blonde.. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #25 September 21, 2004 Learned on one that wasn't electric, and used one for years. I had some teachers in high school that refused to take a paper done on a dot matrix printer. Plus the word programs back then were not WYSIWYG and it was harder to format papers. In those cases the typewriter was better. My terrible typing skills forced me to type faster due to all the wasted paper I made (we were not allowed to use white out and mine didn't erase)._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
