manual typewriters and other obsolete technology

I recently found my old typewriter. I cleaned it up, got a new ribbon, and dinked about with it, not thinking that I'd end up using it. But I do use it, quite often. It's often easier to type an address on an envelope than fire up my word processor and fiddle about find the envelope thing and then get my printer working.

So, has anyone else found a use for 'obsolete' technology.

i collect old typewriters. i love them, especially when they're mint green or pink. there are some fantastic ones on ebay, but unfortunately shipping those to new zealand is usually more expensive than the typewriter itself.

&, uh.. i use typewriters for writing with. call me wacky!

I have a manual egg beater, and a rotary dial phone.

My microwave is older than me. It works way better than new ones and is like new itself. And it features "realistic wood grain".

everything sounds better on vinyl.

& i have a crimping iron still. it even has the plates to do hearts and stars.


useful? no. nostalgaic radness to the max? IMHO, fuck yeah.

For the longest time I was using a VCR that didn't work as a cabel box (if that counts).

i'm a printmaker. by definition, i'm "obsolete technology". if anyone would like to find a use for me, i can send you my resume. printed, of course, on an 18th century letterpress.

no, really.

I love my typewriter. I had to file some papers in court earlier this week. And my ink cartridge ran out on my printer at the crucial moment.
Needless to say my typewriter came to the rescue.
It took awhile for the motors and such to get moving but a couple punches on the keys and a little nudge when I hit return a few times and it was like new.

Well, just so you know, your phone lines are powered seperately from your main house power. If the electricity goes out your phones will still work, as long as they aren't cordless. You can actually power lots of things from your phone line in the event of an electrical outage. Just thought I'd mention it.

I use pen, pencil, and paper when I write still. Does that count? I like to do rough drafts on something that doesn't require me to sit in front of a computer.

I use a typewriter an awful lot. I carry a fountain pen. I am writing this on a Commadore 64.

Pong blows my mind.

Hey, check out this cool new group: The Speakeasy.. Where obsolete technology can become a fetish.

I use my grandmothers old typewriter almost every chance I get.

Nothing like going back to the roots of things.

gets annoying when i try to hit the delete key though

long live old school technology.........I still use my speak and spell and my typewriter.....

[Edited on Aug 15, 2004 by coldenginelogic]

Rotary dial, old school egg beater, electric typewriter, vintage pots & pans..

my friend Lydia's dad just found her a vintage yellow Swedish typewriter. Jealousy reigns.

i still do. it's one of those huge old JVC's with coloured, two inch high buttons on the front. it weighs about fifty pounds and only has mono composite ins. i love it.

every time i look at it i want to slay whoever came up with AGC based copy protection. they ruined the usefulness of my favorite clunky old piece of hardware.

I have one like that too. I also have a matching TV. But it's beginning to crap out now.

I walk to work.

Do feet count count as redundant technology in the modern day of the car?

i just found a typewriter in my mums barn. it looks EXACTLY like the one from the murder she wrote credits, and according to the plate on the back, has been swiped from british airways

I adore fountain pens. My grandfather and father collect them and have thousands between the both of them.

I remember using my dad's Commadore 64 when I was a wee little'un.
Twas the first computer I ever used.

I still use hand-held can openers.

i use lots of manul things really, egg wisk, can opener anything thats been electrified i prefear manual, (except cars auto all the way) i wish i had a manual lawn mower,

wood grain T.V.s are the best, i once venired one of my nice ones so it matched my chest of draws heh

son of a bitch!!

i dont like ot be beaten with a cronenberg reference