Sigh.
It just really isn't my day.
I came across the USB Typewriter
(link via Hacker News) and I was planning on this nice post where I talk about the USB keyboard and this image I took twenty-four years (ouch) ago:
and how I still have the typewriter in question,
only to find out I blogged about the USB Typewriter 3½ years ago
(via Hacker News no less!).
On the plus side,
it appears they're now selling conversion kits,
but sadly,
my typewriter (a Smith-Corona SkyRiter) is not compatible with the kit.
Sob.
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