A day in the life of a typewriter repairman

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Posted Thursday, 26 April 2007, 10:27 HST @769

From the Christian Science Monitor: a blow-by-blow account of a 90-year old typewriter repairman’s work day.

I sometimes use typewriters as an example of legacy hardware that may be obsolete but must be maintained.

Sometimes companies must give customers products that feel familiar in order to create a competitive advantage and fulfill existing key success factors. IBM typewriters were very popular in corporations. Users loved the keyboards!

For many years, the IBM PC keyboard used the same “clicky” keypress technology as IBM’s electric typewriters. Early versions of the IBM PC could be connected to an IBM Selectric typewriter to print high quality documents.