one typist in the 21st century
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
The Grants 707 Gullwing Electric typewriter
Here you see the gullwing ribbon covers (also found on some Vosses):
(Clarification: the '74 Christmas season and a month thereafter.)
The spinning shaft with three flanges is the horizontal piece in focus in this photo (obviously, the typewriter is turned off):
Here are all the ads I could find:
Gouverneur (NY) Tribune-Press, September 4, 1974:
Ft. Walton Beach (FL) Playground Daily News, December 8, 1974:
Medina (OH) Medina City Gazette, December 13, 1974:
Salem (OH) News, December 31, 1974:
Oneonta (NY) Daily Star, January 22, 1975:
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Monday, March 9, 2015
More typing from first-graders
Sunday, March 8, 2015
On Turing tests, robowriters, and typewriters as symbol and reality
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From one of the most popular poets in the world:
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Real typing or unreal?
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New York Times story:
Sunday, March 1, 2015
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