On Tue, 31 May 2016, Chuck Guzis wrote:
It could be a matter of what you learned to touch-type on. For me, it
was a manual Underwood office machine.
Royal
It took some time to get used to
an electric typewriter--too twitchy. One thing that's probably been
lost to time is the need for a uniform striking force when using a
manual typewriter.
I had a problem with touch-typing. My little finger wasn't strong enough
to casually lift the entire mechanism. So, for a capital 'F', instead of
a little finger and the key, it was my whole right hand on the right shift
while I pressed that key.
My father got an IBM electric (LONG before Selectric) at Goodwill.
Enormous black heavy thing, that smelled like IBM electro-mechanical gear.
It took a lot of work to get it and keep it working.
When I was in college, those disposable Smith Corona portable elctrics
came out.
Later, the selectrics were just amazing.
Just call me an old fossil.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com
