DALLAS -- Clunky and archaic typewriters once performed a function that laptops, tablets, and smartphones nowadays can accomplish in a fraction of the time and effort. The task of writing and printing ...

NEW YORK - Even by Brooklyn standards, the spectacle was curious: A dozen mechanical contraptions sat on a white tablecloth, emitting occasional clacks and dings. Shoppers peered at the display, ...

The old-fashioned typewriter is making a comeback. Once written off as obsolete, the low-tech machines are experiencing a surge of popularity among writers looking to avoid distraction or drawn by the ...

Before computers, offices were filled with noise made by this machine that was a huge commercial success: The IBM Selectric typewriter. The old Selectrics are mostly gone, save for the occasional ...

The great author of history, David McCullough, writes on a manual typewriter. So did the late playwright Sam Shepard. Tom Hanks owns dozens of typewriters, his favorite of which he uses to type thank ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The hypnotic rhythm of an old manual typewriter going clack-clack-clack-clack-ping! clack-clack-clack-clack-ping! is like a long-ago song that Montgomery's William Lee never tires ...