kjaerulvFound THIS mechanichal masterpiece, Olivetti Valentine, anno 1969, in mint condition...considering dumping all laptops for writing in the future #typewriter #olivetti
Benjamin Lyng Jørgensen@Kjaerulv den er jo decideret smuk! 😍
Ciara
Niels Landbo Krogh@CiaraNi @Kjaerulv @benjaminlj Ja, det er en dælens smuk maskine du har del med os, enig. Tak for det. - - - - Kvalitet, nostalgi, analogi, europæisk håndværk. Alt ved det er dejligt. Og solen skinner.
François @Jura@Kjaerulv this is gorgeous... I love that typewriter! Though changing the font is a bit more strenuous than with a laptop :) You are a lucky man.
flywheel@flywheel they even made computers - mainframes! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivetti_Elea
@Kjaerulv Back in the Cretaceous period, I had a friend who had gotten his hands on a portable Olivetti computer. It was a beige square oblong metal tube. When you took off the lid, there was a small monochrome cathode ray screen on top. When it was taken out, there was a small keyboard and mouse underneath. When the whole thing was taken out and set up, there was access to the floppy drive, the usual buttons and such underneath. Very slow and it made a noise like a turbojet engine - but it was deeply fascinating.
Christian Klüber-Demir 🏈
@ckd @flywheel and laptops - the Olivetti Echos was actually cool....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtOj65GjFUE
kasperd
Mundt
Giulio Cesare Solaroli@Kjaerulv @shriramk my mother’s aqua version of this machine is where I practiced ten finger typing for a course I did when I was ~13.
That was the course where I got the lowest grade in all my student career, but where I learned the skill I have probably leveraged the most in the next 40 years (and still counting). 🥰
That was the course where I got the lowest grade in all my student career, but where I learned the skill I have probably leveraged the most in the next 40 years (and still counting). 🥰
Shriram Krishnamurthi@gcsolaroli
When I was in high school, my mom said, "these computer things are becoming important, and they all seem to be run off typewriters, so you should go take a typing course", so I did. I genuinely think it gave me a step up when I finally *did* get to a computer, because we were so constrained in India (like a few minutes a month) that it significantly improved how much I could "do" with one.
@Kjaerulv
When I was in high school, my mom said, "these computer things are becoming important, and they all seem to be run off typewriters, so you should go take a typing course", so I did. I genuinely think it gave me a step up when I finally *did* get to a computer, because we were so constrained in India (like a few minutes a month) that it significantly improved how much I could "do" with one.
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AllyPally
David Scott Moyer@allypally @Kjaerulv Yes. They are easily available.
Soh Kam Yung
Clay Rivers
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦@clayrivers @Kjaerulv i just waaaaaaaaaaaaaaant!
@clayrivers @blogdiva it begs to be used! And I am old enough to know how
@clayrivers @blogdiva not really - 350 dk
Ari "Second Breakfast" Jackson@Kjaerulv Ooooh, what language is this one for? I love it. My "white whale" is the elusive cream version of this one (I've already got the red). Olivettis are temperamental sometimes, but these Valentines are a really cool design. Congrats!!!
@arisummerland its for danish - æøå. :-)
@Kjaerulv Ahhh, love it even more now!
@Kjaerulv I forgot about those ink ribbons. Easy to find those?
@clayrivers yes - they are still around