Remembering typewriters

[unloadonme]

- he said "dick-tation"

Reminds me of the old joke ...

Q: Do you still use your Dictaphone?

A: No, I use my finger.

 

[PalacePaul]

I was in a second hand bookstore today and they had 3 typewriters... I wonder if they still use them...

 

[Kahaih]

I was in a second hand bookstore today and they had 3 typewriters... I wonder if they still use them...

Were they set up on blonde typing desks/tables?

For a long time, typewriters were still being used to fill out forms. Before PDF became so common.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

If you struck two keys too quickly after another or at the same time those little metal beams would get stuck together and if you struck too softly there wouldn't be a letter on the paper.

 

[smokeshadow]

Who remembers the rubbery stuff that one applied to; and, then peeled off of the keys to remove the ink residue on them from the ribbon? Sort of like Silly Putty

 

[me203]

Who remembers the rubbery stuff that one applied to; and, then peeled off of the keys to remove the ink residue on them from the ribbon? Sort of like Silly Putty

I remember having and using that.

I also remember correction tape that could be used to cover up typos. Some typewriter ribbons had a correction strip built in. Some typewriters used a seperate supply of tape. My grandmother had something like this on her last typewriter. When she found oot the cost to replace, she said NO --she'd just go back to X-ing out mistakes.

 

[me203]

If you struck two keys too quickly after another or at the same time those little metal beams would get stuck together

I think I've seen typewriters that had a key that would unstick typebars.