I have a Selectric II, bought for $15 at a second-hand store. It's a glorious machine for writing, the keyboard is second to none and words just seem to flow out of my hands when I type on the thing. It's wonderful.
The problem is, the whole house can hear it. Every keystroke, especially every carriage-return (those are like thunder). It beggars concerns about super-clacky PC keyboards disturbing people. I cannot imagine what typing pools and newsrooms sounded like in the 60s and 70s.
The problem is, the whole house can hear it. Every keystroke, especially every carriage-return (those are like thunder). It beggars concerns about super-clacky PC keyboards disturbing people. I cannot imagine what typing pools and newsrooms sounded like in the 60s and 70s.