tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post7893957983076124043..comments2023-05-31T19:31:20.725+04:00Comments on carrotmadman6's photoblog: Typewritercarrotmadman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/15124518018918457421noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post-80001035342980651282011-08-28T14:37:55.149+04:002011-08-28T14:37:55.149+04:00They still do. :P
http://www.pitman-training.com/...They still do. :P<br /><br />http://www.pitman-training.com/training/typing-and-keyboard-skills-trainingcarrotmadman6http://themediaguru.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post-86665119939869614792011-08-28T13:59:41.334+04:002011-08-28T13:59:41.334+04:00I have one.
Took the picture years ago. ;)
Did yo...I have one. <br />Took the picture years ago. ;)<br />Did you know that there were exams for it a few decades ago? They were testing your typing speed. It was called Pitman and yep, it was a very popular exam at that time! :)<br />Disqus = +1 Yadhavnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post-56386596645493621432011-08-28T10:36:01.061+04:002011-08-28T10:36:01.061+04:00As a child, I wasn't really allowed to use it,...As a child, I wasn't really allowed to use it, but I always wanted to know how it really worked.<br /><br />Electric typewriters, I've never seen one. Which makes me wonder, what happened to all typewriters in Mauritius? Sold as scrap metal probably? Yes, we do need a museum. In 50 years, machines like these will be priceless.carrotmadman6http://themediaguru.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post-11660387115446025422011-08-28T09:42:12.683+04:002011-08-28T09:42:12.683+04:00Yes, I have used one. My father had an Olivetti in...Yes, I have used one. My father had an Olivetti in a brown casing which I loved to use as a child. Writing poems sometimes…<br /> <br />The ribbon had two colours, black and red, and it was possible to shift it up or down so that the little hammers would strike the black or the red part. Pressing two keys at the same time usually resulted in jamming the mechanism, so while swearing you had to push all the bars back in place, one by one. Of course, there was no such thing as changing a font, say swapping from Times New Roman to Arial.<br /> <br />In his office there was a huge Underwood on a small table. When I happened to go there with him on a Saturday, I would sit there and start typing anything I fancied. The mobile part (“chariot”) was so heavy that if you happened to press the “tab” key that released the carriage, it would slide until it blocked, which would then make the whole table shake as if it was about to crumble.<br /> <br />When my wife's father died and her mother moved away from their house, we inherited an electric typewriter (see photos <a href="http://mauricianismes.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/brother_typewriter_88.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://mauricianismes.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/brother_electric_typewriter_90.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a>). I've never used it — much too modern for me — and I'm just wondering what we are going to do with it. There is very little chance that we ever use it one day. Wouldn't you have a plan to open a (mechatronics) museum?Siganus Sutornoreply@blogger.com