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This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on July 31, 2004.

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Is there documentation for the claim that Francesco Rampazetto invented a typewriter in 1575?

The only reference to Francesco Rampazetto's 1575 invention is a link to a website that makes an unsupported claim. If there is no documentary evidence of this claim, should this claim be deleted from the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adamsmark75 (talk • contribs) 19:32, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Francesco Rampazetto and the Scrittura Tattile] explicitly challenges the article as it stands, so unless someone produces a solid citation pdq, off with its head. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 19:44, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Typewriter

That article states that Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain was the first typewritten manuscript submitted for publication in 1883. This is factually incorrect. The first book published from a typewritten manuscript (on a Sholes typewriter) was Oahspe by John Newbrough in 1882. 104.148.163.181 (talk) 14:27, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Technology and Culture

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 August 2023 and 15 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): IndianAdi (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Thecanyon (talk) 05:33, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Pterotype" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Pterotype has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 December 6 § Pterotype until a consensus is reached. cogsan _{(nag me) (stalk me)} 17:10, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Personal Computers

The article states:

Typewriters were a standard fixture in most offices up to the 1980s. After that, they began to be largely supplanted by personal computers running word processing software.

How did the PC replace the typewriter in the 1980's, when it was not invented until 20 years later??? 130.0.28.117 (talk) 11:34, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The IBM PC was introduced in 1981, the Apple Macintosh in 1984. and they replaced earlier word processing products. --agr (talk) 12:06, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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