A bit like a printer, but it really is an electric typewriter with a computer interface. With it one could boot up a word processor that is nothing like the WYSIWYG of today, write and edit a document, and upon command, the typewriter portion could electronically type out a page. The ETV 2700 is a monstrous machine a fusion of old-school word processor, x86-based hardware, and electric 17 inch-wide typewriter. In the days of character displays and no multitasking, WYSIWYG as a concept was still a long ways off. has a soft spot for old word processors and the journey they took over decades, and he walks through the Olivetti ETV 2700. Today, word processors and digital documents are so ubiquitous that they are hardly worth a thought, but that didn’t happen all at once. The world once ran on hardcopy, and when the digital age started to bring new tools and ways of doing things, documents were ripe for change.
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