Sigh.
It just really isn't my day.
I came across the USB Typewriter (Universal Serial Bus Typewriter) [1] (link via Hacker News [2]) and I was planning on this nice post where I talk about the USB keyboard and this image I took twenty-four years (ouch) ago:
[All I needed was a Fresnel lens over the monitor and this could have come right from the set of “Brazil”] [3]
and how I still have the typewriter in question, only to find out I blogged about the USB Typewriter 3½ years ago [4] (via Hacker News [5] no less!).
On the plus side, it appears they're now selling conversion kits, but sadly, my typewriter (a Smith-Corona SkyRiter) is not compatible with the kit.
Sob.
[1] http://www.usbtypewriter.com/
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9180275
[3] /boston/2015/03/10/Brazil-computer.jpg
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