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1+ you have been following me on Social Media, You know that lately I've
let me ADHD lead me into a new hobby obsession typewriters! My wonderful
girlfpiend got me an absolutely beautiful Royal Portable typewriter.
Turns out that's all it took to get me tel excited about vintage word
Processing. I've always had a thing for old computer gear, turns out that
soft spot also has 100" for Pre-electronics Word Processing gear as well.
I spent about an hour Floring around with the typewriter the day I got it:
and even more after I had put in a bit of elbow grease to clean it up.
Since then I've bought two more typewriters, both electric. I have me e'ye
on a few more non-electric
as well as the IBM Selectric i f I have
the chance to use the same kind of typewriter Isaac Asimov used of course
I'm going to take it. I've also branched out a bit into other vintage
Computer Sear: specifically old dumb terminals. I'm not being mean there:
by the way. "Dumb" terminals were basically computers without a brain.
They'd be hooked up to a mainframe where all the processing horfened:
the terminal Wos basically a monitor and a keyboard so users could interact
With the mainframe.
Although now that I think about it calling them "dumb" terminals does
seem a bit abelist: So I think maybe better name is needed.
Anyways!
911 of that was a really long lead in to this: I wrote this post on
the Brother EP-20!
This is something I think I'm going to do more of in the future. Partially
because writing a post today on technology that came out before I was born
is really cool. Yes, I have a cose of terminal nerd-itus. But it's also an
ADHD thing --- writing like this is about distraction free as I can get. No
browser with an endless internet: no Emacs where I can get districted by
trying to modify things that don't really matter : nothing but me and the
words in my head being put to Porer.
There are still a few things to figure out before I can make the EP-20 m2
main writing machine. The first is building a little lor tray. Porer holder.
See the EP-20 comes with two cartridges that it can use to Pinint onto
Parer. Only Probleli is that they are unique to the EP-20 and the EP-22,
I think ). Unique Plus old means getting new ones is expensive, especially
as they are no longer manufactured. However, the EP-20 has a neat trick we
it's Sleeve: it can Print on thermal Paper !
I bought a roll of fox thermol Paper (and at about $8 a roll, for 164 Feet
which is what I'm writing on right now. The roll is a bit whweildly;
So I want to make a little holder for it so that I don't have to manwal14
unroll the Power Os I tyre.
The other thing I want to fgure out: is how to turn this (the physical COPY
of this post I'm writing) into THIS <text on a web page). I'm not re-typin
this whole thing out just so I can put it online, One Su99estion I've seen
is to use the Rocketbook OFF to scan Pages in using a printed template..
I've used Rocketbook in the fast: I actu011• backed their Kickstarter for
HAolins. The app works pretty well, and the Paper
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Although now that I think about it calling them "dumb" terminals does
seem a bit abelist, so I think maybe a better name is needed.
Anyways!
All of that was a really long lead-in to this: I wrote this post on
the Brother" EP-20!
This is something I think I'm going to do more of in the future. Portio 119
gecause writing a post today on technology that came out before I was bort
is really cool. Yes, I have a case of terminal nerd-itus. But it's also 0.11
ADHD thing -- Writing like this is about distraction free as I can get. No
browser with an endless internet: no Emacs where I can get distracted by
trying to modify things that don't really matter, nothing but me and the
Jords in my head being put to Faper.
"here are still a few things to figure out before I can make the EP-20 m
rain writing machine. The first is building a little lap tray/Paper holder
ee: the EP-20 comes with two cartridges that it can use to print onto
Only problem is that they are unique to the EP-20 (and the EP-22,
think ). Unique plus old means getting new ones is expensive! especially
s they are no longer manufactured. However, the EP-20 has a neat trick UP
t's sleeve: it can print on thermal Paper!
UFO
bought a roll of fax thermal Paper (and at about $8 a roll: for 164 feet
which is what I'm writing on right now. The roll is a bit wiwei 1014;
o I want to make a little holders for it so that I don't have to manwall
nroll the paper as I type.
he other thing I want to f9ure out is how to turn this (the physical COPY
† this post I'm writing) into THIS <text on a web page). I'm not re-typin
his whole thing out just so I can put it online. One suggestion I've seen
s to use the Rocketbook app to scon pages in using a printed template.
've used Rocketbook in the past. I actual13 backed their Kickstarter for
heir whiteboard sticker dealios. The app works Pretty well, and the Paper
emplate is pretty simple. It's something yow Print onto an 85 X 11
heet of Poper : and then cut out the center. Place it over the physical
OPY; use the app to toke a photo and boom! The image & text get emailed t
Ou: Put in Dropbox; or whatever you have configured the app to do for you
hot's nice about the Rocketbook solution is that it will work equ0114 wel
hether I write on the EP-20; the Royal Portable: O any other machine I
et in the future. So that's handy.
nyhoo, that's about all I Wanted to Say I think.
ctual17: one last thing I wanted to mention is this: this is a lot more
tream-of-conciousness than I'm used to. It does feel a bit weird, but als
ind of freeing. It's o god feeling. Let's see if it means that I write
ore in 2022!