"atfsgeoff" (atfsgeoff)
11/10/2019 at 22:33 • Filed to: None
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IBM Correcting Selectric III
Watching the typing element or ‘ball’ whizz around at light speed while typing fast is mesmerizing. The last and greatest non-electronic typewriter ever built.
facw
> atfsgeoff
11/10/2019 at 22:41 |
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I last used a type writer 20 years ago to fill out some college application stuff that still had to be on paper, because I was very aware that my handwriting would reflect poorly on me. I think it was an IBM, but probably electric.
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atfsgeoff
> facw
11/10/2019 at 22:43 |
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I used this one a few months ago to type out an amount on a personal check, just ‘cuz. It’s fun to take the dust cover off and fire it up once in awhile, there’s a lot of theater to it.
MM54
> atfsgeoff
11/10/2019 at 22:51 |
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*points to Underwood Portable on shelf in closet*
Nearly 3x my age and still works
wafflesnfalafel
> atfsgeoff
11/10/2019 at 23:18 |
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O ur “advanced” typing classes got those. I learned on the full manual, but it was on one of those that I first cracked 80wpm...
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atfsgeoff
> wafflesnfalafel
11/10/2019 at 23:27 |
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Hell yeah. That’s the best part about these vs unassisted typewriters, you can type so much faster.
lone_liberal
> wafflesnfalafel
11/10/2019 at 23:35 |
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My high school typing class had these at first but then the school burned down and we had whatever they could scrounge up including some manuals. Needless to say, we didn’t do speed tests after that.