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Title: Item is so Vintage&orig - it's Un-googleable!
Post by: Zen on Thu, 02 September 2010, 09:54:13

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3M Trendcom Whisper Writer Intelligent Keyboard
This Item is so Vintage and orig. - it's Un-googleable.

http://cgi.ebay.com/3M-Trendcom-Whisper-Writer-Intelligent-Keyboard-/160475914745?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item255d1c21f9 (http://cgi.ebay.com/3M-Trendcom-Whisper-Writer-Intelligent-Keyboard-/160475914745?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item255d1c21f9)
Whisper-writer, wasn't that a printer or early "fax" ??

Title: Item is so Vintage&orig - it's Un-googleable!
Post by: WhiteRice on Thu, 02 September 2010, 10:11:58

Wow that's pretty neat.

Title: Item is so Vintage&orig - it's Un-googleable!
Post by: Phaedrus2129 on Thu, 02 September 2010, 10:13:25

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Computer History Museum in Silicone Valley,

Uh huh. Is that where breast implants were invented?

Title: Item is so Vintage&orig - it's Un-googleable!
Post by: Findecanor on Thu, 02 September 2010, 10:54:00

Not at all ungoogle-able:
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102638268

Title: Item is so Vintage&orig - it's Un-googleable!
Post by: TexasFlood on Thu, 02 September 2010, 12:12:37

Quote from: Findecanor;219163

Not at all ungoogle-able:
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102638268

Yes I found that one as well.  AND a little blurb here (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CMN/is_n1_v22/ai_601501/).  So not a -lot- of google results, but some.

Title: Item is so Vintage&orig - it's Un-googleable!
Post by: Zen on Thu, 02 September 2010, 12:32:34

I'm glad you guys found something because

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"To be ungoogleable is to have never existed"

Quote from: WhiteRice;219146

Wow that's pretty neat.

Yeah, it's a nice board isntit ?

Title: Item is so Vintage&orig - it's Un-googleable!
Post by: WhiteRice on Thu, 02 September 2010, 12:41:14

Quote from: Zen;219203

I'm glad you guys found something because



Yeah, it's a nice board isntit ?

It's Adorable!

Title: Item is so Vintage&orig - it's Un-googleable!
Post by: TexasFlood on Thu, 02 September 2010, 12:42:00

Quote from: Findecanor;219163

Not at all ungoogle-able:
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102638268

I saw that and a blurb here (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CMN/is_n1_v22/ai_601501/) and one on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.com/WHIISPER-WRITER-3M-SUPPLIES-MANUALS-/320572136029).

Title: Item is so Vintage&orig - it's Un-googleable!
Post by: JBert on Sat, 04 September 2010, 16:26:51

Isn't this a linear keyboard?