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Marcin Wichary
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Marcin Wichary

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Writing a book about the history of keyboards: http://aresluna.org/shift-happens  · Design manager @figmadesign · Typographer · Occasional speaker · He/him

San Francisco, Calif.
Joined October 2009

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    1. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 10 Jan 2019
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      This thing is so *cute*, I cannot help but laugh. http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_690135 …pic.twitter.com/2Dy7N0VDZX

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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 2 Feb 2019
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      Diehl Alphatronic from 1970s – a rare computer from a German arms maker, and a rare green keyboard with very weird (but pretty) keys. (If Alphatronic sounds cool to you, you might like the company’s overall naming scheme: http://www.calcuseum.com/SCRAPBOOK/BRAND/DIEHL-CALCULATING-SYSTEMS/1.htm …)pic.twitter.com/s85OdgmogM

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    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 10 Feb 2019
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      Is it time for Olivetti again? This is Olivetti Editor 2 from 1968, available in six colours. That white spacebar!pic.twitter.com/eNUmSuj7vM

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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 24 Mar 2019
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      A classic telephone keypad with a few extra keys for Autovon, an American military telephone system. I love all of those letterforms. The new keys? “After a nuclear attack,” you could press P to get a priority phone call even if the lines were busy. https://www.cryptomuseum.com/phone/autovon/index.htm …pic.twitter.com/oxcJlrW20M

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    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 31 Mar 2019
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      Olivetti Miram 100 telephone, from 1988. (A few other colour combinations were also available.)pic.twitter.com/jNTV3rrosq

      6 replies 10 retweets 80 likes
    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Apr 2019
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      A classic, small Mercedes Selekta from 1930s, with Russian legends and typebars. A keyboard and case this shiny was a serious ergonomic nightmare and there’s a reason we moved away from these – but it looks amazing in photos!pic.twitter.com/sMBdpnqknZ

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    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Apr 2019
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      A rather uncommon stenotyping keyboard known as Princess-Steno. It had a bit of a career on German TV: https://twitter.com/SimplySteno/status/1019997657048088576 …pic.twitter.com/uWdPqFFMaW

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    8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 May 2019
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      Oh, wow. Honeywell H-632 from 1968. I know its keyboard is a repackaged Teletype 33, but look at all that YELLOW.pic.twitter.com/Hk9V5xGazu

      4 replies 12 retweets 58 likes
    9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 14 May 2019
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      Western Electric Big Button phone. In two colour schemes. (via @lapetino)pic.twitter.com/GghRXP360C

      3 replies 22 retweets 151 likes
    10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 29 Aug 2019
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      I don’t know how many people will like the appearance of this brutalist 1960s electric typewriter… but I do love it a lot.pic.twitter.com/pWiGnAgKOY

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 2 Sep 2019
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      I always thought Apple IIc had a very, very pretty keyboard.pic.twitter.com/fvJCCVuRHR

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          The IIc is beautiful!

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          I created my first “newspaper” in fifth grade on an Apple IIc. While other kids were out at recess, a friend and I created a one-page newspaper that was popular with the other kids for about one week.

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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 2 Sep 2019
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          What was it about? I made two issues of “chess magazine.” 🤓

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        1. Kryss‏ @fluffehkryss 2 Sep 2019
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          It had a very good ALPS mechanism, too. That and the IIGS keyboard were lovely to type on.

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        1. Deluxified‏ @Deluxified_Inc 2 Sep 2019
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          That keyboard is a bad typing experience, aside from the switches.

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          Yes! That is one hot ass keyboard

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        2. Morphologischer Assoziationskasten, ja bitte‽‏ @kosmar 2 Sep 2019
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          they left one void on the edge, where you can spend some time contemplating.

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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 2 Sep 2019
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          Always felt little intentional asymmetry is better than full symmetry.

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        1. Ron 🔹‏ @TechRonic9876 2 Sep 2019
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          Sort of looks like the OP-1 keys https://gazwilliamsdotme.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/20130930-024727.jpg …

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          I loved the feel of typing on it.

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