Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Awesome Public Folder Post

This gem was in one of our public Outlook folders today. Out. Standing.

 

(A typewriter was located in the office, BTW. Who knew we would even still have one?)

 


From: Tonya
Posted At: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 10:11 AM
Posted To: Business
Subject: Typewriter
 

Does anyone still have a typewriter around the office?

 

A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical device with a set of "keys" that, when pressed, cause characters to be printed on a medium, usually paper. For much of the 20th century, typewriters were indispensable tools in business offices and for many professional writers. By the end of the 1980s, word processor applications on personal computers had largely replaced the tasks previously accomplished with typewriters. Typewriters, however, remain popular in the developing world and among some niche markets.

For you younger employees, it looks like this …

Mechanical desktop typewriters, such as this Underwood Five, were long time standards of government agencies, newsrooms, and sales offices. They were largely replaced in these roles during the later 20th century, first by IBM Selectrics and other electric typewriters, and then by personal computers.

1 comment:

  1. What up, I'm back on blogger but have NO CLUE how to do this!

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