On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:35:18 +1300, David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> I even remember real typewriters,<snip>
Back when I had an office, with a secretary and everything, we had an IBM Selectric (the "ball" typwriter). Even then (early 90's) it was getting a bit long-in-the-tooth, but my secretary sometimes used to for addressing envelopes and the like. A couple of years ago, when I was clearing out a storage locker, I came across it, and took it up to my apartment, just to gaze at it for a while - I always thought they were an examplar of industrial design. My youngest, Claire, who was probably around 8 at the time, looked at it in puzzlement, then finally asked, "Daddy, where's the screen?" It occurred to me that she'd never seen a typewriter before!! She was quite amazed that this thing printed in "real time". None of this "compose, correct and print" stuff. Hit the letter key, and instantly it comes up on the paper, misprints and all. Her revelation was an eye-opener to both of us. <g> cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
