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user-inactivated  ·  3082 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Smart Typewriter Is a Thing and I’m in Love With It

That falls in the "so weird it's cool" territory. I want it.





goobster  ·  3081 days ago  ·  link  ·  

RIGHT?!? I know!

There were a couple of different attempts at typewriter design early on, trying to figure out the best way to arrange the mechanisms to make them work well.

This one is a real "winner" because it actually obscures what you are writing, as you write it. Check it out:

People complain about only being able to see two or three lines... well about about only being able to see 6 or 8 characters of the line you are typing?!?

You will rarely see an Oliver No 9 working. Ours you could type a word or two on, and then do another 20 minutes of service to get it working again....

user-inactivated  ·  3080 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I once saw a typewriter completely taken apart and then neatly put into a shadowbox. It really illustrated just how intricate those machines could be.