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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. Crackers DO matter! by TheHawke · · Score: 1, Informative

    DUPE!

    http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/ 01/2151236&tid=137

    So sorry, but RESEARCH your work first please?

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  2. Not actually useful? by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 3, Informative
    Seems to be missing a lot of keys, like "Ctrl", "Alt", "~", etc.

    Even from the article... "never got the backspace to work"...

    Seems like some old typewriters didn't even have a "1" key - you just used lower case L.

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  3. Another Typewriter PC by hedgehog2097 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here's some design hints:

    http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/underwood/

    The cool thing about Erik Fitzpatrick's one is it still functions as a typewriter.

  4. PC in a typewriter by StonedRat · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think this mini-itx PC in a typewriter is much cooler.

    http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/underwood/

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  5. not that great by Graymalkn · · Score: 5, Informative

    My wife liked it, but it isn't in use at the moment because of a few drawbacks: no 1 key, no backspace, and no Escape. I'm working on a second version that should fix these things. In fact, I think the second version will be a complete "laptop" with the screen inside the case.

    -Erik Fitzpatrick
    (the creator)

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  6. Re:finally... by Dance_Dance_Karnov · · Score: 2, Informative

    For people who loved the M and northgate keyboards check this out.....