My new favorite app is a typewriter.

[Hampshire Nanny]

Originally Posted by Dylrob

Backspace and undo? Blasphemy!

Backspace and strike-out! Then white-out and white-tape.

Then, in 1973, the IBM Correcting "Selectric" Typewriter became the first machine in the history of typing to actually make typing errors disappear from original copies. Equipped with a special "Lift-Off" tape, the typewriter enables a typist to virtually "lift-off" erroneous characters from typed copy. Activated by depressing a correcting key, the "Lift-Off" tape completely removes ink impressions from the paper, allowing the operator to simply type in the correct character and continue typing.

Originally Posted by DaleDe

Do you mean electric typewriter? The only electronic ones I know were word processors or hooked to a computer. Actually the ribbon would work on either a manual or electric but was easiest on an electric with overstrike ability.

There was an electronic typewriter that predated true word processors. The document could be stored on magnetic media in the form of a card. A couple of years later, these electronic typewriters were given the ability to network with each other. Another year later, and they were enhanced with on-board memory, enough to store 8000 characters!

[DaleDe]

Originally Posted by Hampshire Nanny

Backspace and strike-out! Then white-out and white-tape.

Then, in 1973, the IBM Correcting "Selectric" Typewriter became the first machine in the history of typing to actually make typing errors disappear from original copies. Equipped with a special "Lift-Off" tape, the typewriter enables a typist to virtually "lift-off" erroneous characters from typed copy. Activated by depressing a correcting key, the "Lift-Off" tape completely removes ink impressions from the paper, allowing the operator to simply type in the correct character and continue typing.

There was an electronic typewriter that predated true word processors. The document could be stored on magnetic media in the form of a card. A couple of years later, these electronic typewriters were given the ability to network with each other. Another year later, and they were enhanced with on-board memory, enough to store 8000 characters!

Yes, those are the ones I considered primitive word processors. Once the concept of a local stored copy of the text was devised then the rest is just refinements. The selectric was a real workhorse and used for lots of things, finally solving the problem of jambed keys.

Dale

[Jessica Lares]

Now for the iPhone. They did pretty good on adapting it to the smaller screen.