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Hit up a thrift store today to add to my typewriter collection, picked up an Adler Satellite for $7. It so happens that my dad actually wrote his PhD dissertation on one of these (with a Russian keyboard)! (Photos aren't mine) Made in West Germany  Others:  Royal Sabre, 1970s. Surprisingly light, I actually use this one the most, and since it looks the least-delicate, people love typing silly things on it when they see it. I keep a sheet of paper loaded into it so guests can play with it, and took off the ribbon cover on mine.  Remington Rand No. 17, 1943. My fat, 60+ lb baby. They all still work and are great for hipster poo poo like art projects. They make your fingers freaky-strong too. I love the way these smell; wet ink, cigarettes and oil. You can practically see the sharply-dressed, cognac-sipping secretary tapping away! I've had a thing for mechanical typewriters ever since I found my grandmother's old one from the Soviet days when I was a kid. Something about all of those springs, levers, and just the whole mechanism gliding up and tapping the paper is really elegant to me. Also, all of the ones I own I got for less than $10, so it's a cheap hobby for a college kid.
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Killingyouguy! posted:That reminds me of how everyone in Russia apparently knows the NES and all its games under the name of a famiclone called Dendy OH MY GOD I thought I was making the Dendy up. Everyone I tell about it just sort of raises an eyebrow but we were fully playing Super Mario Bros and some kind of soccer game on one of those. Hell yeah.
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Vavrek posted:Obsolete tech: A CapsLock key? I'm not sure what I would use it for. YouTube comments
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Snackula posted:There's one near me where you can look into the projection booth from the lobby but I can't spot the Palm from pictures online. It's a gigantic wraparound dome screen that mostly shows nature documentaries and concert films though so they're maybe not super in line with more conventional Imax cinema setups (and/or they're so outdated they just predate the Palm entirely, last overhaul I heard about was in 1999). OmniMax!
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