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Typewriters: Mechanical Brilliance

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Typewriters - The Secretaries of the Future

Dave dug up a 1984 New York Times article about the typewriter and word processor market. In it, analysts say that by the end of the 80s you won't be able to distinguish a typewriter from a word processor or a personal computer. Dave: " secretaries of the future will sit down at one machine that will be able to do all these functions" And what they're doing will just depend on what software they choose to be working on.

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