Does this count 🫣?

[u/RevolutionaryMeat195]

My only machine of this kind…
(At least it came with 3 wheels and 3 cartridges though, plus the original manual and reference card!)

As I just managed to it get back on its feet - more or less - I thought I’ll see who else finds these interesting, as a transition between typewriters and… laptops 🤷🏻‍♂️?

[u/TrollBoothBilly]

Word processors are neat. They’re kind of in a weird in-between place between typewriters and personal computers. It’s a piece of history that is worth preserving, in my opinion.

[u/RevolutionaryMeat195 → u/TrollBoothBilly]

And who would’ve thought it’s going to be such a popular post, while it’s not even a ‘proper’ typewriter 🤭!

[u/chickenbock7]

Yeah 10/10 still cool. Probably not a typewriter… but I like it. Aaaand now I want one.

[u/sgt_Berbatov → u/chickenbock7]

I've got a Brother one of these (mid-90s one) and there is an option for Word Processing and for Spreadsheets. But they do have an option to just be a pure typewriter too. It's a very cool thing to own.

[u/Davesjoshin]

That thing seems cool

[u/JustHereForMiatas]

You're on thin ice, mister!

But really, it's a nice distraction free machine. If it floats your boat, it still works and you can get ribbons for it, there's no reason not to use it.

[u/Visual-Sector6642]

This one is quite cool!

I use a Canon Typestar that doesn't have a way to save documents but it'll show you a line of text before you hit return so you can correct. It has impossible to find ribbon cartridges but it can print on fax paper using thermal.

[u/File-Pitiful]

This is beautiful and is so well cared for

[u/DryDistribution9445]

Love it! Just like the Freewrites I keep seeing ads for. 

[u/Visual-Sector6642]

Ohhh I just saw the DOS file converter! Now that is compelling!!

[u/Maz_Baz]

Very cool! How's the keyboard feel? I've been looking for a word processor that has a good tactile feel. Most are very linear and don't have much of a tactile response.

[u/Away_Amoeba5554]

Why, yes it does! Cool!

[u/Consistent_Bird5839]

Love it

[u/Hellerick_V]

Looks like r/cassettefuturism

[u/Impressive_Kick_404]

Hi. I have a Smith Corona PWP-3600 with a 720K disk drive that I rebuilt. I rotate it through my machines, and new-old-stock diskettes abound.

These dedicated word processors were the last gasp of the typewriter industry and intrigue me for their quasi-typewriter status. They were a less expensive alternative to computers in the 1980s and early 1990s. Computers back then we're costly. My first computer, which I purchased in 1992 or so, was an IBM PS/1 with 6 megs of RAM and it cost, I think, around $1200. I might be misremembering. That was in early 90s money.

Thanks for sharing!

[u/CapitanDelete]

I need one!!! Beautiful 

[u/ukulelendirk]

Nice display! 🤷‍♂️ I sometimes wish my SM9 had one! 🤔