Re: [emacs-humanities] E-ink tablets

[M . ‘quintus’ Gülker]

Am 03. Februar 2021 um 20:42 Uhr +0300 schrieb Göktuğ Kayaalp:
> On 2021-02-03 19:29 +10, "Paul W. Rankin via Emacs-humanities" 
> <emacs-humanities@gnu.org> wrote:
> > Despite the Olivetti Lettera 32
> > being intended as a "portable" typewriter, it weighs 5.9kg so the extent 
> > of its portability is probably going from my desk to its place beside my 
> > desk. Also, a typewriter is loud. Loud enough to prohibit its use at 
> > night in an apartment building -- it's not the plucky 
> > "click-click-click" in the movies but a more violent 
> > "WHACK-WHACK-WHACK".
> 
> [...]
> Another thing with typewriters and portability is that once you take it
> out of the box in public they are like a parrot: loud, colourful,
> attention grabbing. Having transported mine around after buying or for a
> fix a couple times, I can tell you for sure even if you have the most
> silent typewriter, you’ll never have any peace while carrying it in
> public, let alone writing on it :)

This community is a mystery. Will you be surprised if I tell you that
I do own an Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter myself and enjoy using it?
Sadly it lacks Emacs keybindings; it can happen that I want to press
C-x C-s by muscle memory and then I realise the device lacks a control
key. After a moment of confusion I cannot help but smile then.

I do not mind the Olivetti Lettera's weight, but I do not usually
carry it around in public either. I normally write longer texts at
home. I own a large Olympia SG1 typewriter as well with a weight of
nearly 30 kg, but it is not suited for moving to the balcony and
typing there.

If your typewriter is excessively loud, maybe you should have the
platen serviced. But of course, it will always be loud in a way. I
think it is fine; there are computer enthusiasts who love to use the
IBM Model M as their keyboard, of which I heard it is not an exactly
quiet one either (I have never seen one used, though, so I cannot
directly compare).

By the way, given the astonishing intersection this mailing list
appears to have, here is a mailing list for typewriter enthusiasts:
https://groups.io/g/TYPEWRITERS

  -quintus

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