The people who still use typewriters

[Golddollar]

I must respectfully disagree. There are some areas and jobs where technology does not have the longevity (such as a long power outage or area where there IS no power). In such cases then an old fashioned manual typewriter is the way to go.

While the niche market is small, I wouldn't say it is completely extinct. Personally I wouldn't mind having a new manual typewriter for such events.

Plus it can't be hacked or leave a track on the internet!

 

[BC38]

I must respectfully disagree. There are some areas and jobs where technology does not have the longevity (such as a long power outage or area where there IS no power). In such cases then an old fashioned manual typewriter is the way to go.

While the niche market is small, I wouldn't say it is completely extinct. Personally I wouldn't mind having a new manual typewriter for such events.

Well, as I see it, the kind of scenario you are talking about is an EOTWAWKI event.

Unless it is an "end of technology-based society" scenario, anything you can do with a typewriter can WAIT until the power outage passes.

If it is a situation where the power outage isn't going to pass - if it is a permanent condition - then the problems you're going to be facing are WAY too big to be solved with a manual typewriter.

JMO.

 

[GaryS]

They make retro style typewriters with mechanical switches that make typewriter like sounds. No whiz of the paper.

I kinda miss the clackety-clack of typewriters... Ding! Then the rasp as the operator drags the carriage back. Then, finally, the whiz as the paper is pulled off the carriage.

Sounds surely unknown to most people nowadays.