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FrankfurtCat

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17. The Panasonic portable typewriter I had was awesome...

Reply to Stuart G (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 9, 2017, 02:59 PM

Jan 2017

...it was more than an electric typewriter-it had memory and editing functions-almost a mini-computer. I carried it with me wherever I went-I commuted 100 miles or more a day to get to school, sometimes on a bus. I didn't have to rely on the computers at school, and I didn't have a personal computer yet. And I'm an overly nostalgic person.

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Yes,,,,if you want, you can still buy a typewriter. [View all] Stuart G Jan 2017 OP

And if worse comes to worst you can always hide it in the floor pinboy3niner Jan 2017 #1

I had an awesome Panasonic electronic typewriter in the 80's that got me through college. FrankfurtCat Jan 2017 #2

I still have my dad's 1946 Smith-Corona portable. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #3

Tom Hanks collects old manual typewriters TexasBushwhacker Jan 2017 #4

God, this'll give me nightmares abt. my old manual machine.... lastlib Jan 2017 #12

Remember the creepy typewriters in the movie "Naked Lunch"? FrankfurtCat Jan 2017 #5

My Brother typwriter is about 6 feet from where I am sitting.. Stuart G Jan 2017 #6

The Panasonic portable typewriter I had was awesome... FrankfurtCat Jan 2017 #17

The Vermont Country Store sells a manual typewriter area51 Jan 2017 #7

Royal still MAKES them! jmowreader Jan 2017 #8

Man, back when I was an undergrad, I would have maimed for one of those babies. malthaussen Jan 2017 #9

I learned to type on one of these! csziggy Jan 2017 #10

Typing skills learned in high school, are skills that I use everyday.. Stuart G Jan 2017 #11

They're good for bribing Tom Hanks too... progressoid Jan 2017 #13

Love the Playtone letterhead TexasBushwhacker Jan 2017 #14

My mom gave both my sister and me electric typewriters when we started college. hunter Jan 2017 #15

I've accumulated eight manual typewriters. Orrex Jan 2017 #16