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Looking through some old paperwork relating to a fanzine I used to publish, I found this one page piece about one of the oddest concepts to come out of British Marvel: Apeslayer. I'm not sure how well it'll reproduce, but on the off chance that anyone's interested, here goes...
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Another piece, on one of British comics' longest running stars (sorry about the spelling errors)...
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Did you write that stuff on a typewriter?
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Of course. It was an old fashioned cut'n paste fanzine. That's how they used to be made.Lucy McGough wrote:Did you write that stuff on a typewriter?
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Kewl. That's well retro.
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It wasn't in the 1990s.Lucy McGough wrote:Kewl. That's well retro.
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Typewriters? They totally were.
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Lucy McGough wrote:Typewriters? They totally were.
Probably not. Sure, computers were becoming more available, but (especially in the early 90's) typewriters were around and standard for a long while. More in some places than others, but until the early 2000's, at least in the US, computers weren't readily accepted as necessary.
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It was the same here. Typewriters didn't really start to disappear until about ten years ago.Mbast1 wrote:Lucy McGough wrote:Typewriters? They totally were.
Probably not. Sure, computers were becoming more available, but (especially in the early 90's) typewriters were around and standard for a long while. More in some places than others, but until the early 2000's, at least in the US, computers weren't readily accepted as necessary.
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Don't forget that, in-between, there were "word processors", the sort of computerized typewriters.tony ingram wrote:It was the same here. Typewriters didn't really start to disappear until about ten years ago.Mbast1 wrote:Probably not. Sure, computers were becoming more available, but (especially in the early 90's) typewriters were around and standard for a long while. More in some places than others, but until the early 2000's, at least in the US, computers weren't readily accepted as necessary.Lucy McGough wrote:Typewriters? They totally were.
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I never had one of those!
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...but if you had, it would still be in your house somewhere
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Oi! I threw something away. Once.Lucy McGough wrote:...but if you had, it would still be in your house somewhere
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MajorHoy wrote:Don't forget that, in-between, there were "word processors", the sort of computerized typewriters.
http://hemingwrite.com/
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Oh, that is beautiful! I thoroughly approve!Mbast1 wrote:MajorHoy wrote:Don't forget that, in-between, there were "word processors", the sort of computerized typewriters.
http://hemingwrite.com/
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tony ingram wrote:Oh, that is beautiful! I thoroughly approve!
I want one, I think. If they work as they're supposed to, it's a great idea. General purpose laptops are great, but distracting. This could solve that.
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I still have my old electric typewriter (which I got after I graduated high school so I could take it to college). Don't remember when I last used it, though. (Definitely sometime last century.)
And how many of us remember using the even older manual typewriters? (That's what they had for my high school typing class back in the 1970s, and we even had one in the newsroom when I use to work to work in radio news in the 80s.)
And how many of us remember using the even older manual typewriters? (That's what they had for my high school typing class back in the 1970s, and we even had one in the newsroom when I use to work to work in radio news in the 80s.)
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I know, it's almost impossible to manage your time properly when you the have the distraction of immediate internet access.Mbast1 wrote:tony ingram wrote:Oh, that is beautiful! I thoroughly approve!
I want one, I think. If they work as they're supposed to, it's a great idea. General purpose laptops are great, but distracting. This could solve that.
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I still have one! Can't get ribbons for it, though. These days it's purely decorative.MajorHoy wrote:I still have my old electric typewriter (which I got after I graduated high school so I could take it to college). Don't remember when I last used it, though. (Definitely sometime last century.)
And how many of us remember using the even older manual typewriters? (That's what they had for my high school typing class back in the 1970s, and we even had one in the newsroom when I use to work to work in radio news in the 80s.)
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tony ingram wrote:I still have one! Can't get ribbons for it, though. These days it's purely decorative.
I had one my grandmother gave me, kept it for years and finally got rid of it exactly because I couldn't get ribbons for it. Was unhappy about that.
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I'm still hoping that I'll one day stumble across a supply of ribbons in a junk shop somewhere...Mbast1 wrote:tony ingram wrote:I still have one! Can't get ribbons for it, though. These days it's purely decorative.
I had one my grandmother gave me, kept it for years and finally got rid of it exactly because I couldn't get ribbons for it. Was unhappy about that.
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What would you blokes refer to as "garage sales" / "yard sales" / "tag sales" over there?tony ingram wrote:I'm still hoping that I'll one day stumble across a supply of ribbons in a junk shop somewhere...Mbast1 wrote:tony ingram wrote:I still have one! Can't get ribbons for it, though. These days it's purely decorative.
I had one my grandmother gave me, kept it for years and finally got rid of it exactly because I couldn't get ribbons for it. Was unhappy about that.
(The terms are used over here when people just decide to take a bunch of items they no longer need / want and sell them off in their garage, or maybe in their yard or driveway. This was way before eBay.)
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"Jumble sale"MajorHoy wrote:What would you blokes refer to as "garage sales" / "yard sales" / "tag sales" over there?tony ingram wrote:I'm still hoping that I'll one day stumble across a supply of ribbons in a junk shop somewhere...Mbast1 wrote:tony ingram wrote:I still have one! Can't get ribbons for it, though. These days it's purely decorative.
I had one my grandmother gave me, kept it for years and finally got rid of it exactly because I couldn't get ribbons for it. Was unhappy about that.
(The terms are used over here when people just decide to take a bunch of items they no longer need / want and sell them off in their garage, or maybe in their yard or driveway. This was way before eBay.)
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Or a car boot sale.
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tony ingram wrote:I'm still hoping that I'll one day stumble across a supply of ribbons in a junk shop somewhere...
These might be of interest:
http://www.instructables.com/answers/How-does-one-re-ink-a-typewriter-type-ribbon/
http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/tw-restoration.html
http://munk.org/typecast/2013/10/23/using-wd-40-to-bring-an-old-typewriter-ribbon-back-to-life/
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Thanks! I've just dragged my old Brother typrewriter out of the loft and tried it out, and it still works! I think it's been up there for about eight years!Mbast1 wrote:tony ingram wrote:I'm still hoping that I'll one day stumble across a supply of ribbons in a junk shop somewhere...
These might be of interest:
http://www.instructables.com/answers/How-does-one-re-ink-a-typewriter-type-ribbon/
http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/tw-restoration.html
http://munk.org/typecast/2013/10/23/using-wd-40-to-bring-an-old-typewriter-ribbon-back-to-life/
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Only eight?tony ingram wrote:Thanks! I've just dragged my old Brother typrewriter out of the loft and tried it out, and it still works! I think it's been up there for about eight years!
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I'm certain I was still using it in 2006. I think I was still producing an old fashioned cut and paste fanzine at that point.MajorHoy wrote:Only eight?tony ingram wrote:Thanks! I've just dragged my old Brother typrewriter out of the loft and tried it out, and it still works! I think it's been up there for about eight years!
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I want a go on your typewriter!
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You may have one, any time you like.Lucy McGough wrote:I want a go on your typewriter!
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