Re: Blickensderfer typewriter

Very cool, but the mechanism isn't wood, just the case.

The Blick had a very neat mechanism, but I gather it required a very long
push on a key to complete each stroke. Not suitable for "ballistic"
typing, unless you got the electric version!

I'd love to see one in person sometime.
Marcus

> I thought this was interesting and in case you hadn't read about it,
here
> it is:
>
>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blickensderfer_typewriter
>
> It's like a proto-laptop! Made from wood. Reminds me of the steampunk
genre except it was real.
>