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In <nevin-0908950117490001@mac-nevin.cs.arizona.edu> nevin@CS.Arizona.EDU (Nevin ":-]" Liber) writes:

>In article <danpop.807802522@rscernix>, Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote:
>
>> >: And more typewriters are sold every day than Mac's.
>> >
>> >Not any more. 
>> 
>> Any hard data?
>
>I don't believe that there are any major typewriter manufacturers still in
>business.  I believe the last of them (Smith-Corona?) pulled out of that
>business last month.

This is only your belief.
>
>> >There's not that many companies even *making* them any 
>> >more- they've all switched over to making printers for computers.  
>
>> Care to provide the names of some of "all" those companies who have
>> switched to printers for computers?
>
>Care to provide the names of those companies still manufacturing typewriters?

Off the top of my head: Olympia and Brother.  Probably there are many
others, but these are the only names I can remember without actually
going in some shops.  Last time I was at Interdiscount I saw a nice
Olympia Carina 2000 for about $80.  And I also saw a guy buying a
typewriter ribbon (but I never saw anybody buying a Mac :-)

>> You forgot the home users (and I've seen _many_ homes with a typewriter
>> _and_ a computer) and those who have to fill preprinted forms.
>
>My parents have a typewriter.  It's been getting pretty dusty, considering
>they haven't used it in about 4 years.

They filled all their forms by hand during the last 4 years :-)

Dan
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