I own a Remington portable typewriter that was manufactured
sometime in the 1920’s. I picked it up
for about $25 bucks at an antique mall years ago as a prop for a production of Shadowlands. It’s in beautiful, working condition but the
ribbon needs regular replacement. As an
historical re-enactor, I’ve thought about doing a WWII-era war correspondent
impression since I do have the typewriter and the knack for writing.
Just opening it up gives me a waft of the smell of grease and ink that remains capped underneath the cover. Putting the keys into position and then tapping away on them to produce a letter or document creates a stir of nostalgia for the way writing was done back in the early 20th Century. There is something satisfying to hear the “whack” of the key and see the inky, imprinted letter on the paper that you just don’t get when you type on a modern computer, laptop, or tablet. There are times when I can type fast enough and hard enough that I can create some serious noise but nothing like the sound that comes with that grand old typing machine.
To that end, I present to you the Qwerkywriter. It’s a tablet compatible, 84-key keyboard that designed to look and act like an old typewriter keyboard. While you don’t get the key striking the paper, you do get the mechanical sound of the keys as they are pressed and it’s a sound that warms this writer’s heart. If I had a tablet, I’d be buying a Qwerkywriter keyboard right now.
Something deep inside us longs for the days when things were simpler or different. This nice invention plays to that sense of nostalgia quite well.
Just opening it up gives me a waft of the smell of grease and ink that remains capped underneath the cover. Putting the keys into position and then tapping away on them to produce a letter or document creates a stir of nostalgia for the way writing was done back in the early 20th Century. There is something satisfying to hear the “whack” of the key and see the inky, imprinted letter on the paper that you just don’t get when you type on a modern computer, laptop, or tablet. There are times when I can type fast enough and hard enough that I can create some serious noise but nothing like the sound that comes with that grand old typing machine.
To that end, I present to you the Qwerkywriter. It’s a tablet compatible, 84-key keyboard that designed to look and act like an old typewriter keyboard. While you don’t get the key striking the paper, you do get the mechanical sound of the keys as they are pressed and it’s a sound that warms this writer’s heart. If I had a tablet, I’d be buying a Qwerkywriter keyboard right now.
Something deep inside us longs for the days when things were simpler or different. This nice invention plays to that sense of nostalgia quite well.
To read more about the Qwerkywriter and see a video of it in
operation, click the link below.
http://gizmodo.com/this-vintage-typewriter-is-actually-a-keyboard-for-your-1599446847/+alissawalker
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