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                           Now THIS is a keyboard!

> **The USB (Universal Serial Bus)Typewriter™** is a new and groundbreaking
> innovation in the field of obsolescence. Lovers of the look, feel, and
> quality of old fashioned manual typewriters can now use them as keyboards
> for any USB-capable computer, such as a PC, Mac, or even iPad!
>

Via Hacker News [1], “USB Typewriter [2]”

Wow! What a neat idea! As if my IBM Model M keyboards [3] aren't loud enough,
imagine the “clackity-clack-clack” I can get from my old typewriter [4]:

[Hmm … no “1” key, no brackets either—this would be one hard keyboard to
program on, except for LISP! I could program in LISP on this thing.] [5]


Intellectual challenge on the one hand … people within 50′ of me wanting to
silence me on the other hand.

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3029144
[2] http://www.usbtypewriter.com/
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2011/08/03.1
[5] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2011/09/24/SmithCorona-Skywriter.jpg

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