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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: secularzarathustra on Mon, 01 December 2008, 07:19:19
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In Robert J. Sawyer's Serialized novel Wake, part 3 of 4 appears in the January/February 2009 edition of Analog: Science Fiction and Fact, there is a mention of the Model M an page 103 that gave me a geeky thrill.
"He was typing on his keyboard; he had an ancient, heavy IBM one that clicked loudly."
I heard the clicking as I read, the characters daughter even had to "rap her knuckles on the door jamb" to be heard over the work.
Thought a few of you may get a kick out of this as well :)
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In Robert J. Sawyer's Serialized novel Wake, part 3 of 4 appears in the January/February 2009 edition of Analog: Science Fiction and Fact, there is a mention of the Model M an page 103 that gave me a geeky thrill.
"He was typing on his keyboard; he had an ancient, heavy IBM one that clicked loudly."
I heard the clicking as I read, the characters daughter even had to "rap her knuckles on the door jamb" to be heard over the work.
Thought a few of you may get a kick out of this as well :)
pretty cool :) Is this set in the future? If so, how many fictional years did that model M last?
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I don't know when it's set, but I love the idea that the Model M will still be in use twenty years from now.
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Well, Sawyer is more of a hard sci-fi writer. The story is set nominally in the future; though, I think our M's will work for many years to come, as long as the are not made to not work through compatibility issues with newer hardware.