08-07-2020, 01:03 PM
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Strangely enough, I had a go at typing without looking at the keys yesterday. You would think that after approximately twenty years of using a keyboard, my fingers would remember where the letters are. The result.....It cawme auy s bio hnks yhis (It came out a bit like this)
Shocking!!!!!
08-07-2020, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Longdogs
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Strangely enough, I had a go at typing without looking at the keys yesterday. You would think that after approximately twenty years of using a keyboard, my fingers would remember where the letters are. The result.....It cawme auy s bio hnks yhis (It came out a bit like this)
Shocking!!!!!
08-07-2020, 08:01 PM
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I remember my Dad's office had typewriters.My sister did a course in typewriting and is now very fast on a computer keyboard.
When leaving school, I nearly went into an apprenticeship with a typewriter supply and repair company.
My first wife did a home course that involved covering up the keys with coloured caps and learning by colours.
I had a correction ribbon typewriter about 25 years ago. It was the many mistakes made on this that eventually made me buy a computer so I could use a word processor.
09-07-2020, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Baz46
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You've either got a very dodgy spell checker or someone has moved all the keys!
09-07-2020, 04:23 PM
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Many moons ago I used to type on a manual typewriter whilst receiving morse code over headphones, it became a lot easier when computer/ electric keyboards came into use. I still have an electric typewriter somewhere in the attic, no doubt a home for spiders now
09-07-2020, 04:44 PM
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I started freelancing in corporate events in '91, would post the odd little brochure to a client with my sticky label on the back and a note scrawled on a compliment slip. I soon invested in a Brother electric typewriter with a little display that showed what I'd typed before hitting the Return key at the end of the line when a whole line of text was printed. A brief letter took forever, and my two fingered method is used to this day.
10-07-2020, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Dodge
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Only ever saw one golf ball type typewriter and that's when I was at college. Never tried to use it though because to me it just looked weird. One thing I do remember about my typing classes is the use of Tippex
and before that the double ended pencil eraser that had a smooth end for removing pencil lead and a rough end for removing ink and the frustration of having to start all over again when you tried to erase the typing error but went to hard with the eraser and it tore a tiny hole in the paper!!!
BTW I was reminded of your comments about 60wpm typing test - was this you by any chance?
TYPING TEST ON 1911 UNDERWOOD 5
10-07-2020, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Omah
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I still possess several vintage typewriters, including one like this:
IIRC, typists of the '80's were encouraged to "Cover your boobs with Snopake" .....
Omah... I can't see anything
10-07-2020, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Ciderman
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When I was working at the Settlers Museum in Waipawa New Zealand, we sometimes had school groups through and we laid out old things they could touch and play with like butter churns, washboard, wringers and typewriters. The kids could type their names etc on a piece of paper in the typewriter.One of the most frequent comments from them was "Where's the delete button? "
Poor lad, I can almost see his confusion
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