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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 3 Mar 2017
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      The manual with an awkward cover tells us the story of what I guess is the last key ever that’ll be named like this (at least for a while).pic.twitter.com/l0NXaxH7cK

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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 3 Mar 2017
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      Physical calculators of yesteryear. (A.k.a. Where should we put the zero!?)pic.twitter.com/ZI717JxYWg

      2 replies 6 retweets 23 likes
    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 3 Mar 2017
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      BTW This is the proper “touch typing” technique for one of them. I’ll let you figure out which one. ^_^pic.twitter.com/Y2KCaRog8q

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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 3 Mar 2017
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      But this was my favourite today: IBM Correcting Selectric II from 1973. It has a Backspace in a physical world! Here’s a semi slo-mo video:pic.twitter.com/i9DahJSUvU

      1 reply 13 retweets 32 likes
    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 3 Mar 2017
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      You press the special bottom Backspace, and then type the letter again – but that one time a lift-off ribbon will be used to erase it.pic.twitter.com/4766cn6ImO

      2 replies 3 retweets 9 likes
    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 3 Mar 2017
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      If you inspect the carbon ribbon and the lift-off ribbon, you can see exactly what you typed/erased. Sometimes that was a security problem.pic.twitter.com/dH71yJaWbZ

      1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 3 Mar 2017
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      Here is a better view of the dual-ribbon setup and the magical (interchangeable) font ball.pic.twitter.com/fhLvSnzS3F

      4 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
    8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 3 Mar 2017
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      Here is this machine without its cover and from the bottom. It’s a marvel of engineering. (Also note type balls on the side.)pic.twitter.com/r02qFaeFKY

      1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
    9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 3 Mar 2017
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      It was this typewriter that Soviets made a… keylogger for to spy on the US, in one of my favourite Cold War stories: http://www.cryptomuseum.com/covert/bugs/selectric/ …

      1 reply 5 retweets 8 likes
    10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 3 Mar 2017
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      And here is a great video explaining how the Selectric font ball works. It’s a miracle: https://youtu.be/bRCNenhcvpw 

      1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 3 Mar 2017
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      And on that note, I am out of here. Have a great weekend. I will leave you with this here most meta key label ever.pic.twitter.com/g60vdK273j

      3:16 PM - 3 Mar 2017
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