What kind of reaction will you show when children touch the typewriter for the first time?

Many people now use PCs to create documents, but in the past they used word processors to write documents, and before thatTypewriterIt was used. In the United States typewriters were popular for more than half a century ago and there are many people who have never touched the real thing. What kind of reaction do you show such typewriters to children aged 6 to 13 years old?

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The 10-year-old Shannon who came to touch the typewriter


8-year-old Emma-chan


Samila, also 8 years old, is pleased that "I am a type writer!


Troy 13 years old.


A 12-year-old el-chan who can not be seen by children so much.


"Is he going to typing?"


6-year-old Lucas said "Oh my god ......" Interestingly.


Question time


8-year-old Maxim who answers "What is this?" And "Is it a typewriter?"


Jaika who is saying "I have seen it with movies or TV" on the question "Why do you know" is 11 years old.


"I saw it with an old movie"


"I saw it in the movies"


El-chan said that "Someone in my family has it."


A ten-year-old dash who demonstrates "What is a typewriter doing?" And "I'm hitting a letter".


"It's like a PC, is not it a bit different ... ...."


Dylan, a 13-year-old, predicted that it would be a machine to type and print characters.


Evan seven years old seems to be uncomfortable.


A mass-produced typewriter who first appeared in the United States said "Remington Quiet-RiterIt was called "Travel-Writer" outside the United States. It was manufactured from 1952 to 1959, and the selling price at that time was 100 dollars. This is the value as of 2014, which is equivalent to about $ 1000 (about 100,000 yen).


"How do you think to use?" Asked, "Maybe put paper in from here?"


"Do not you hit this key?"


Troy who actually hits a key with dandan Dan. "Doing this with a letter ... ...."


I tried to push the slider with my hand and it moved.


I am delighted that "this is interesting!


Henry Mill of British acquires the first patent as "writing machine" on March 9, 1714. The world's first working typewriter was invented in 1808, by Italian Pellegrino Turi, so that blind friends can easily write letters.


"I will try trying out how to use paper as it passes", but it seems that he is kind of nervous.


"Well ...... I do not know ......" I feel confused.


Type to attack from the side.


Lucas, try typing the name "Ale! Yu!" At the moment when he told me "Can I hit my name?"


I will receive paper at once.


I can not predict where I received the paper, but where to put it.


Type to attack from the back.


"Are you here?"


If you touch the cover silently ......


I was destroyed at once.


Try inserting the paper ... ....


It turned to the pin with turning the side knob.


A good kan 's child will reach where he turns the knob even if it is not told.


However, as you turn the knob, the paper will be ejected and it will be OK.


So I will explain how to use it properly. Paper set ......


Turn the knob.


When the paper comes up to the right place, put it in a paper supporter ... ....


It's OK if you snap it.


I will try to hit a letter with Batimbatin.


Christopher Latham Shoals developed the prototype of the modern typewriter for the first time on January 1, 1868. It was small and desktop size making it ideal for use in the workplace, making it more practical.


I pushed a key and silenced without feeling for the first time.


It seems to be fun to say "I'm scared somewhat" by pressing some keys.


"This sounds loud"


"The key is hard and hard to push!"


Mr. Scholes made improvements to the keyboard to make it easier to type letters, so the keyboard of the "QWERTY" arrangement which is currently used in many devices was born.


"The keyboard of a computer or tablet can be easily struck like a rattling but ... ...."


"What is it like this is not good unless you hit A!!", It seems that the equivalent key is hard.


Staff who asks Emma who pretty much likes typewriters, "I like this so much! I do not like it so much" why do you like it so much?


"Because I do not use much electricity, I have no waste unlike computers, do not you?"


I got something like "Award" that I did well with well-understood effects.


When asked "What if you make a mistake in writing a letter?", Answered "backspace!"


Mr. Scholes who developed a typewriter and obtained a patent, but later sold the patent. Currently continue as a firearm manufacturerE. Remington and SonsWe released mass-produced products for the market based on that patent in 1874. At that time the price was $ 125, but if it was worth the 2014 it was expensive, about $ 2,600 (about 278,000 yen).


"Would you like to use another paper ...?"


"Do you paint and erase it?"


E. Remington and Sons became a top typewriter manufacturer from the late 1800s to the 1900s and grew to be used in over 50% of schools in North America in 1904.


"Shannon who taught me to use the" white out (correction liquid) "to erase the letters" and has hid himself.


"Oh, you can make it white!"


I got the corrective fluid and commented that "Nobody has used this kind of thing".


"it's awful"


"How do you think it will notice if you hit characters to the edge of the paper?"


"The knob moves ...?"


I'm going to type the key properly "I tried it earlier."


Then I heard that the tone sounds "Chin!"


When saying "Please show me how to break the next line", I hit the typewriter.


The correct answer is to shift the slider first.


Pull the lever, return the slider to its original position, and also return the lever.


Emma who correctly answered by one person explains "I saw it on TV" proudly asked "How did you understand?"


"I hate this already!"


"Is not it faster to write the letters by hand?"


In the early 1900s competition became intense and new machines entered the market. One of them is "Underwood 5It was used for writers such as William Faulkner, Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and others. Sold 4 million units between 1901 and 1931.


"How can I do when making 20 of these same things?"


"There was no copy machine in that era ...?"


"You ought to copy it yourself! But it will take months!"


In the 1920's, a typewriter business joined together,Underwood,Royal,E. Remington_and_Sons,Smith CoronaThere were four major companies left. In 1944 the typewriters of these four companies accounted for 95% of typewriters throughout the United States.


"To type in the same thing, between two sheets of paperCarbon paperThere's something in between. "


Carbon paper is carbon paper paper coated with wax and pigment, but in 1954 it can represent 3, 4 colorsNo carbon paperIt became possible to print by simply hitting the key.


"I can not play games like this because it's such a machine!"


"I could not use it very well, but it seems like this when I first touched the MacBook,"


In 1964 Selectric announced the world's first word processor. In 1986, PC and household printers popularized and retired after retirement, it is said that they sold more than 13 million units.


Old-fashioned technologies show PCs as something unusual for children who are normal, but I'm wondering if children will react similarly when they touch the PC in 30 years.