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What technology are you excited about?
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Manual typewriters. You did not precised the age of the technology in question!
Do you knew that there are an average of 1'800 parts in a typewriter? That it can print in two colors, with different margins, different interlinear space, tabulations and that some even have things like word count? It's a marvelous and yet understandable piece of technology. Someone technically inclined can understand 100% of the working of a typewriter, nobody can understand 100% of a word processor.
No that's good. Typewriter nerds are the nerdiest nerds I've ever met. Love it
California typewriter is a really neat documentary that scratches the surface.