Now if he'd had some concept like "I use the typewriter because I appreciate the silence when I'm sitting there contemplating" or somesuch, sure, I can agree with that.
Clarke used a Kaypro CP/M machine long past it's prime to write stuff because, unless you got a K10 or something, the machines were silent as they sat there waiting for you to do something, yet they could write IBM-PC compatible diskettes without issue. He said he liked it because all you had was the keys clicking as you typed, no fans.
Today, of course, you can do that kind of work on one of the small single board machines.
Now if he'd had some concept like "I use the typewriter because I appreciate the silence when I'm sitting there contemplating" or somesuch, sure, I can agree with that.
Clarke used a Kaypro CP/M machine long past it's prime to write stuff because, unless you got a K10 or something, the machines were silent as they sat there waiting for you to do something, yet they could write IBM-PC compatible diskettes without issue. He said he liked it because all you had was the keys clicking as you typed, no fans.
Today, of course, you can do that kind of work on one of the small single board machines.
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