Amazon 7 #26 September 21, 2004 I have used many typewriters....I had typing in high school as well as shorthand and accounting and yes even had a job as a secretary after high school. AT least they were electric and had many features on the little whirling wheels that were interchangeable. I have also used the old Left hand manual with arm that you pushed to get it back over to the right and it provided a linefeed so you could begin typing the next line. ( Dont laugh too hard Deuciepoo) Coffee sir??? Ah yes good old WordSCAR... Control Key hell and CP/M ..... I have copies around here somewhere. Oh and a Dictaphone as well... now THERE is an archaic form of getting information to ones underlings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #27 September 21, 2004 That's cool! I had kind of forgotten about the big silver lever to whack the, uh, PLATEN!, back over to the start position! In 7th grade that was the best part of typing! Tap Tap Tap....DING! WHA-CHUNK!!! "John!!!! Do NOT slam the return lever!!" "Yes, Mrs. (I have no recollection, Senator, of what her name was)" Tap Tap Tap.....DING! WHA-CHUNK!!! "Mr. Kelly!" "Sorry...." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #28 September 21, 2004 we had a typewriter wheni was younger at home.. never really got into using it much.. by the timei was in high school computers where becoming more popular and we got one my freshman year..... learned to type on a mac at school... wow i coulddo a blistering 20 words a minute.... lol.... now i can probly type faster but i only use about 3 fingers on each hand..... and withmy terible spelling, computer haveit for writing offical papers to people... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chopchop 0 #29 September 21, 2004 Quote I heard a selectric making it's "chumpchumpchump" sound, it really brought me back. Did you respond by saying "whatwhatwhat"? J/K JP.. I took typing in h.s. and then used one on my job at O'Neill wetsuits back in '89 and '90. chopchop gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking.. Lotsa Pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rdy2skydive 0 #30 September 21, 2004 LOL... I learned how to type in the 9th grade on an electric typewriter which wasn't as state-of-the-art as the very modern electronic typewriters. We still had a few manuals in the class and had to switch so everyone good use the "new equipment." However, that was back in the day when we had a few computers in school and you downloaded everything via a cassette and cassette player type thingy that was hooked up to it. OMG - Am I really that old???? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #31 September 22, 2004 I learned to type on an old heavy manual Royal typewriter when I was in grade school. I thought it was neat when I first got it, because I hated writing in cursive. Then later the typewriter got to be a pain in the ass with the mistakes and wastebasket full of crumpled wadded papers. Right about the time I started middle school, in the late 70s or 1980, my Dad splurged for the TRS-80 Radio Shack PC, considered the first personal computer mass-produced. Now THAT's a damn dinosaur today if I ever saw one! It came with only 4 MB of RAM, upgradable to 16 MB, and you had a special cassette recorder/player made for it to run programs and games. I think they still have it in the original boxes in the basement... wonder how much it would go for on Ebay? I also have a Mac SE computer tucked away in a closet at home that goes back to the mid 80's. I have been using PCs with Windows ever since the early 90's and haven't looked back. Wonder how much that one would go for on Ebay too? Hehehehe... Hey, it's a collectible! I didn't really cut my teeth on typing skills until I started using a TDD/TTY (used by the deaf for phone calls). I probably type about 40 to 50 words a minute just because of that, without looking down at the keyboard... Blue Skies Billy"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #32 September 22, 2004 QuoteHola, La Bonita... If I recall correctly, the older IBM keyboards still have that "typewriter feel" Its only recently (the past couple of years) that I haven't had a keyboard for my computer that had a snapping-hard key stroke that also made a LOUD click when I typed. Man I love those keyboards. Reminds me of the old IBM electric that I used quite a bit growing up (my dad had a couple of them on his desk next to his Osborne Exectutive "suitcase" computer).--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 22 #33 September 22, 2004 Hi Deuce, Considering I graduated from high school Class of '63, yes I remember typewriters!! Had one or two back when. It's kinda' like learning to jump on round parachutes. They were OK but the new ones run circles around the old ones. Do some digging on the net or your local Library and find a copy of,"The lives and times of Archie the Cockroach and Mehitabel the cat" by Don Marquis published I think in the 1920's. It will put typewriters in a whole new perspective for you.SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bodyflight.Net 0 #34 September 22, 2004 The whole reason I learned to type was because of the sound that a typewriter makes.. I miss it.. the sound itself would encourage me to type faster and faster.. had it not been for that, I probably wouldn't be the blazing speed typist that I am. I wish I had one now... I might go find one at a pawn shop.. I prefer to write books/short stories on the typewriter.. that would be fun to do again. thanks for the idea! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiles 0 #35 September 22, 2004 ya, I used a typewriter in school- never got higher than 20 wpm. My brother bought me a beauty with spellchecker and eraser tape and only used it for a month before purchasing my first PC. I have it stored in my carport somewhere?? I learned to type over 60 wpm using Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 9 Software......wow.........loved the games and enjoyed taking lessons way better than in school. One of the games is car racing with bugs splating on your window every mistake made...the faster you type the faster you race your car I now keyboard faster than I can think. SMiles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #36 September 22, 2004 When I was in high school pocket calculators would NOT fit in your pocket and they had AC adaptors Governments and BIG Unis had computers. Insurance companies and Banks had Typing Pools (a room with about 200+ tpyewriters, somtimes all typing the same letter to different people) One word processor put all of them out of workYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobsled92 0 #37 September 22, 2004 YES! I have used a lot of typewriters. My Great Grandfather designed the Remington/Rand typewriter._______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #38 September 22, 2004 My only In School Suspention in high school was due to a typewriter. OK, it was because I was a stupid jackass, but it happened in typing classI am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimbarry 0 #39 September 22, 2004 Aarrggghhh... The letter "a" on a manual typewriter!! Left pinky, argh! Never got the hang of it. Scrounged and bought an electric two months into freshman year. Ah, the sound that big steel pig made crashing into the dumpster was schweet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
