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anciano

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5. Oh yeah ....

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Thu Apr 10, 2025, 10:12 AM

Apr 10

my first typewriter as a teenager was a portable manual, and I used the "hunt and peck" system until I eventually took a touch typing class in high school on an electric typewriter.
Typing and self taught 10 key proficiency turned out to be the best skills I ever learned as they kept me with a job for most of my working career.

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did any one of u learn to type on a underwood mnual typewriter ? [View all] AllaN01Bear Apr 10 OP

Some kind of manual Marthe48 Apr 10 #1

I think mine was a Royal UpInArms Apr 10 #2

Mine too. debm55 Apr 10 #3

Same here... Cloudhopper Apr 10 #10

It was some kind of manual typewriter - Royal, I think. Ocelot II Apr 10 #4

Oh yeah .... anciano Apr 10 #5

Oh, yes, an entire room (15 of us I think) clanging down on those dang keys. Biophilic Apr 10 #6

Yuppers! SheltieLover Apr 10 #7

I liked the Selectric! I thought it was a breakthrough only to be superseded by the first desktop computer. CTyankee Apr 11 #17

Me too! SheltieLover Apr 11 #18

Yes. Old blue Smith Corona Sterling model. Onthefly Apr 10 #8

I think we had Royal typewriters in my 1964 typing class. sinkingfeeling Apr 10 #9

Remington Rand for me fernlady Apr 10 #11

My late mother had a manual Underwood. She was an excellent typist and won several... 3catwoman3 Apr 10 #12

Smith-Corona Here ProfessorGAC Apr 10 #13

Probably Underwood, or Royal. Not sure where my parents got it. Not good at touch typing either... electric_blue68 Apr 10 #14

A Royal manual in the beginning. (1965) yellowdogintexas Apr 11 #15

I learned on a small manual typewriter LogDog75 Apr 11 #16

It was my father's little pico typewriter. OldBaldy1701E Apr 12 #19

thiis. AllaN01Bear Apr 12 #20

Yes! OldBaldy1701E Apr 12 #21

anytime. AllaN01Bear Apr 12 #22

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