typewriter RIP?

[Simon Bar Sinister]

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/last-typewriter-factory-in-the-world-shuts-its-doors/237838/

...one of the commenters begs to differ.

[Troy Spiral (13)]

Wow never really thought about it. Odd since I do think about such things on and off (tech that is, or is going to be, obsolete... used to watch a show called "The Secret Life of Machines" when i was younger, sent me down one of my 900 different nerd paths for awhile)

I guess even 30 years ago proper typewriters were on their way out (replaced by "Word Processors", sort of typewriter/calculator/spellchecker hybrids)

I still have an ancient IBM typewriter buried somewhere in my parents basement, and my mom actually uses a typewriter still.

[Glory13666]

Actually, this is something I've thought about. I remember taking "typing" in middle school and now it's called "keyboarding". My mom had (and probably still does, that woman doesn't get rid of ANYTHING) an old typewriter that was hers when she was in college, I'm guessing that was in the 1960's. We also had one of those electric typewriters that had built in correction tape so that you didn't have to use those eraser/pencil/brush thingys or that clear plastic sheet with white ink on it that you had to put under the type bar and re-type the same letter. I do not miss them. It's so much easier to use Word and make sure everything is correct before printing. Although, the feeling of pounding on those old keys and the sounds it would make were pretty cool.

[Troy Spiral (13)]

Actually, this is something I've thought about. I remember taking "typing" in middle school and now it's called "keyboarding". My mom had (and probably still does, that woman doesn't get rid of ANYTHING) an old typewriter that was hers when she was in college, I'm guessing that was in the 1960's. We also had one of those electric typewriters that had built in correction tape so that you didn't have to use those eraser/pencil/brush thingys or that clear plastic sheet with white ink on it that you had to put under the type bar and re-type the same letter. I do not miss them. It's so much easier to use Word and make sure everything is correct before printing. Although, the feeling of pounding on those old keys and the sounds it would make were pretty cool.

I remember when I was i think 19-20 I had an 18 year old GF and she said something like "In KEYBOARDING class..." i thought GASP , keyboards? In school? What? In I think 8th? 9th? grade I learned how to type on some (even at the time) fossilized dinosaur remains known as manual typewriters. Really kept the typing speed down due to really not wanting to have to go get the white out or the correction tape. (my system of correction was usually to utter some curse word and throw a now-ball-shaped peice of paper across the room to the circular file)

I do miss , although did not realize it until just now that "snapping" sound the electric typewriters make/made.