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Typewriter As Keyboard Mod

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

ummit writes "Erik Fitzpatrick did a nice job turning an old Smith-Corona manual typeriter into a functional keyboard, and composed a nice writeup about it, with pictures."

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  1. finally... by Marscity9 · · Score: 5, Funny

    A good keyboard that clicks with tactile feedback when you use it

    1. Re:finally... by uncoveror · · Score: 3, Funny

      Turning a typewriter into a computer keyboard might even give you an "any" key if you can get an old Typewriters International of Toledo model.

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      The Uncoveror: It's the real news.
  2. Nestalgia by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    *click* *click* *click* "It was a dark and stormy night" *click* *click* *click*

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    Table-ized A.I.
    1. Re:Nestalgia by BillyBlaze · · Score: 3, Funny

      all \n and no
      makes that a long line
      all \n and no <br> makes that a long line
      all \n and no <br> makes that a long line

  3. Ooh... man... by gardyloo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Emacs is gonna be a bitch with that thing.

  4. Some people will do anything by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    .. to avoid having a Windows key.

  5. Re:Not actually useful? by gardyloo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, people never actually got any work done with typewriters. They were just playing around for about a hundred years until real keyboards came along.