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Article #621509Re: Old word processors
From: Michael Black
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 23:26
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 23:26
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On Mon, 25 Jun 2018, JimP wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jun 2018 09:24:15 -0400, Bud Frede <fr...@mouse-potato.com> > wrote: > >> Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> writes: >> >>> >>> On some older typewriters, the keycaps are metal rings around the edge >>> with clear plastic in the middle. Underneath the plastic is a paper >>> with the letter or graphic printed on the paper. So your finger does >>> *not* touch the actual imprint of the letter or graphic... >> >> I have an old Underwood portable with keys like that. I thought they >> were glass though, not plastic. > > Watching the American Pickers guys on History channel who go around > and buy stuff, some are plastic, but older ones are glass. > My grandfather had one of those with the round keys, I never gave it much thought while the typewriter was around. Whatever it was covering the keys, it stood up over time. So it had to be something like plexiglass if it was plastic, not a thin layer of it. Michael
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