USB Typewriter

arihelgason · on June 15, 2010

Charles Bukowski and writing on a computer vs. typewriter

http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/charles-bukows...

sirclueless · on June 15, 2010

Someone needs to find a way to pipe a terminal output onto one. Then we can all use ed and be happy.

jdk · on June 15, 2010

The creator's page with more info (including how-tos, links to kits to DIY, the hardware used, etc) http://www.usbtypewriter.com/

fsniper · on June 15, 2010

Does Anybody know why most of these typewriters lack the numeral "1"?

jessriedel · on June 15, 2010

To save space, you were supposed to use the "l" (lower-case "L"). I'm sure there's a good article about it, but all google found on a first try was this metafilter thread:

http://ask.metafilter.com/46743/Royal-typewriter-missing-key...

fsniper · on June 15, 2010

Oh. I got it now. Ancient technology and ancient engineering problems :)

stretchwithme · on June 15, 2010

thats so cool. cumbersome, but very cool. almost selectric

ck2 · on June 15, 2010

Yeah but I would want it to be bi-directional like a player piano.

Not just for input but output too.

(they must exist as they use something like that on Fringe)

jasongullickson · on June 15, 2010

A Teletype?

blasdel · on June 15, 2010

These are just shitty keyboards for affected gits.

This (with a usb-parallel adaptor) is a USB Teletypewriter: http://www.wabdo.com/fred/printernet/ (it's printing this thread: http://metatalk.metafilter.com/16190/Print-Stylesheet-for-Me...)

It's my letter-quality (none of that dot-matrix garbage) NEC Spinwriter 2050 printer. I have several font wheels for it, though not the Futura one I covet. One of these days I need to set it up along with one of my Model M keyboards as a serial line terminal.