Seriousness Show the first device you learned typing on!

Moonbase59 · Yesterday, 05:26 PM

This could turn out interesting…

Show the first device you learned typing on!

If possible, include a picture.

I’m a little older, and I learned typing on my Grandma’s Olympia SM3, a 1954 German typewriter. Uppercase (shift) was a real muscular effort on this!

(Photo: © Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons))

Sirtel · Yesterday, 05:38 PM

It was a mechanical typewriter, but I no longer remember which one. 1993 or 1994. I met my first computer when I got an office job in 1996.

Hemmi · Yesterday, 06:15 PM

Late 80's in high school. We had a whole room of electric typewriters for typing class. The were metal and heavy and had a rocker switch to turn them off and on.

Moonbase59 · Yesterday, 06:59 PM

Maybe the good old IBM 96 C? At least that was my first electric typewriter, and man, I loved it! The large ON/OFF rocker switch is right next to the return key. ;-) I had the one with the red case though.

(Photo: IBM 96 C | Datenpartner: HNF Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum GmbH | Lizenz: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ | URL: https://www.deutsche-digitale-biblio...KCLOBP5Q73YX2D)

BetterRed · Yesterday, 07:36 PM

My mothers circa 1940 Remington portable, something like this:

DNSB · Yesterday, 08:26 PM

Mid-60's in junior high school. Probably the most useful skill I learned in school.

This image matches my very vague memories:

PeterT · Yesterday, 10:16 PM

I believe my first exposure to a keyboard of any type was an IBM 2741 with the APL golf ball in the Math Department in Grade 8.

cromag · Today, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

My mothers circa 1940 Remington portable, something like this:

BetterRed's typewriter looks a lot like the one I learned on -- a Remington Rand Model 5. Calling it "portable" would have been a bit optimistic, IMHO.

Yesterday, 05:26 PM	#1
Moonbase59 Groupie Posts: 176 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: Germany Device: Tolino Vision 5, Tolino Tab 8", Pocketbook Era (16GB)	Show the first device you learned typing on! This could turn out interesting… Show the first device you learned typing on! If possible, include a picture. I’m a little older, and I learned typing on my Grandma’s Olympia SM3, a 1954 German typewriter. Uppercase (shift) was a real muscular effort on this! (Photo: © Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)) Attached Thumbnails

Yesterday, 06:59 PM	#4
Moonbase59 Groupie Posts: 176 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: Germany Device: Tolino Vision 5, Tolino Tab 8", Pocketbook Era (16GB)	Maybe the good old IBM 96 C? At least that was my first electric typewriter, and man, I loved it! The large ON/OFF rocker switch is right next to the return key. ;-) I had the one with the red case though. (Photo: IBM 96 C \| Datenpartner: HNF Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum GmbH \| Lizenz: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ \| URL: https://www.deutsche-digitale-biblio...KCLOBP5Q73YX2D) Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Moonbase59; Yesterday at 07:08 PM.

Yesterday, 08:26 PM	#6
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,238 Karma: 168983734 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Mid-60's in junior high school. Probably the most useful skill I learned in school. This image matches my very vague memories: Attached Thumbnails

Yesterday, 10:16 PM	#7
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,528 Karma: 78910202 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	I believe my first exposure to a keyboard of any type was an IBM 2741 with the APL golf ball in the Math Department in Grade 8. Last edited by PeterT; Yesterday at 11:05 PM.

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Yesterday, 05:38 PM	#2
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,477 Karma: 239219543 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	It was a mechanical typewriter, but I no longer remember which one. 1993 or 1994. I met my first computer when I got an office job in 1996.

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Hemmi Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,578 Karma: 15987608 Join Date: Apr 2015 Device: Sonys, Nooks, Kobo Libra, Forma, Mini, Paperwhite	Late 80's in high school. We had a whole room of electric typewriters for typing class. The were metal and heavy and had a rocker switch to turn them off and on.

Yesterday, 07:36 PM	#5
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,730 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	My mothers circa 1940 Remington portable, something like this:

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