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by on August 24, 2014
1981 - Apple Killed the Typewriter

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Apple Killed the Typewriter 1981

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  • Richard P August 24, 2014, 7:02 pm

    Ha! Those villains!

    The Hanx Writer is, of course, the perfect medium for delivering this news.

    I watched the pilot of “Seinfeld” a little while ago and noticed that Jerry had a portable typewriter on his desk. But in the first show of the series itself, the typewriter has been replaced … by a Mac.

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