Got a Macintosh! Now What?

[Crutch]

https://vintageapple.org/macbooks/pdf/The_Mac_is_not_a_Typewriter_1990.pdf

Or is that too niche?

I don’t care what that book tried to teach me in 1991, I am still putting two spaces after a sentence. See? And again!

Ohhhh that’s funny …. The forum software automatically removes the second space when you save your post … ouch

 

[Phipli]

I don’t care what that book tried to teach me in 1991, I am still putting two spaces after a sentence. See? And again!

Ohhhh that’s funny …. The forum software automatically removes the second space when you save your post … ouch

I don't see, because modern computers automatically delete your second space

 

[Phipli]

Ohhhh that’s funny …. The forum software automatically removes the second space when you save your post … ouch

Lol, reacted before reading the second paragraph.

 

[MacintoshSE1987]

If you need to open your SE, this is excellent and priced pretty reasonably:

Amazon.com

ETA: in fact, I really have to encourage you to open up your computer and remove the battery if you're not positive it's already out. They can cause a really astonishing amount of damage. Search the forum and you'll see pictures that will keep you up at night.

Once you get your ImageWriter, try PrintShop for that retro printing goodness.

Thanks.

 

[CC_333]

I don't see, because modern computers automatically delete your second space

I like having extra spaces for my old Macs! Where am I supposed to put them if modern computers keep deleting my space?

c

 

[MacintoshSE1987]

I like having extra spaces for my old Macs! Where am I supposed to put them if modern computers keep deleting my space?

c

I know right.

 

[LaPorta]

What is this two space thing?

 

[ClassicGuyPhilly]

What is this two space thing?

Classic typing courses taught to always put two spaces after a period at the end of a sentence.

 

[LaPorta]

Interesting...shows what I missed out on!

 

[Phipli]

Interesting...shows what I missed out on!

It was a typewriter thing, that doesn't apply to typesetting or computers, but it was so engrained that computers had to learn to delete the second space because it was easier than retraining the population

 

[ClassicGuyPhilly]

That's how I was taught by my mother who was a professional secretary trained in the 60's.

 

[ArmorAlley]

That's how I was taught by my mother who was a professional secretary trained in the 60's.

Of course, the proper way to do it is put a carriage return after the full stop.

Third Way

xkcd.com

 

[LaPorta]

...or period, depending on where you are from.

 

[ClassicGuyPhilly]

What's equally fascinating is we still use the QWERTY keyboard layout which was deliberately engineered to limit the top end of human typing speed.

 

[LaPorta]

Indeed. I find I can fly though. In fact, I’ve never typed “properly.” I taught myself how to starting when I was five. When I got to typing class when I was probably twelve or thirteen, I was absolutely frustrated when they tried to make me type “properly.” I refused, and still don’t type “properly” today.

 

[JC8080]

It was a typewriter thing, that doesn't apply to typesetting or computers, but it was so engrained that computers had to learn to delete the second space because it was easier than retraining the population

I'll go to my grave putting two spaces after periods. I've given a half hearted attempt at the one space thing, it just feels wrong.

 

[s_pupp]

I'll go to my grave putting two spaces after periods. I've given a half hearted attempt at the one space thing, it just feels wrong.

Same here.

According to this entry in Wikipedia, however, one space has been standard since about 1950 (???)

I learned to type using two spaces as a child in the UK in the 1970’s. As a teen in the US in the 1980’s, I was taught two spaces for the three years I took typing. As far as I’m concerned, it has always been two spaces, and always will be, Wikipedia and iPhone autocorrect be damned.

 

[ymk]

As an early millennial in the US, I was taught two spaces and still use them.

I learned proper typing on a IIe in the fourth grade, with a piece of construction paper taped to it, covering my hands.

 

[MacintoshSE1987]

Classic typing courses taught to always put two spaces after a period at the end of a sentence.

Dang. I guess that's why I still find typewriting comfortable.

 

[ArmorAlley]

...or period, depending on where you are from.

It is indelicate to talk about periods (or fanny packs, for that matter) in polite conversation.