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Typewriters: Mechanical Brilliance

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The Difference Between Electric and Electronic Typewriters

Electronic typewriters came around in 1978 and i guess that's what i was using in high school actually but they were still electronic. Xerox memory writer 630 right was a big game changer, he says. It had 20 lines of display which was a lot um but it also cost in today's dollars more than 10 grandYeah mine there's i didn't have any money back then i bought something used and it went for $1,000 or so.

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