Typewriter Keyboard On Typesetting Machine (Mar, 1950)
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Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Mar, 1950
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Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Mar, 1950
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Typewriter Keyboard On Typesetting Machine
Typists can now set type on Linotype and Intertype composing machines through the development of a keyboard that has the standard keys of a typewriter. Forty-four keys, electrically operated, fit over the 90 keys of a standard composing machine. The keyboard can be moved from one composing machine to another as there is no installation. The new keyboard is simply placed over the top of the existing keyboard and the unit is ready for use when it is plugged into an electrical outlet. The complete outfit weighs only 25-1/2 pounds.
I can’t believe the Typesetter’s Union let this happen!
What is more amazing is that there are still people in this country who run these machines. As a hobby. The usually run on gasoline and have a pot of molten lead in the back.
Comment by katey — September 15, 2008 @ 8:26 pm
The union representing typesetters could not prevent such a device from being invented. But they may well have ended up preventing its widespread use.
Comment by John Savard — November 3, 2009 @ 12:33 pm