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[itzurgirlmel]

AppleWriter!

I'm not very active on here 😭

[ao3feed-moonknight]

Food is a four-letter word.

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/uzjEHpC by Applewriter A series of shorts about food and eating that Moon Knight experiences. Dialogue within < > denotes one of the Alters is speaking and cannot be heard by anyone outside of the body. The Point of View changes after the first chapter. Words: 2550, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English Series: Part 4 of Romancing a Moon Knight Fandoms: Moon Knight (TV 2022), Daredevil (TV), The Punisher (TV 2017), Marvel Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Other Characters: Marc Spector, Steven Grant (Marvel), Jake Lockley, Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Frank Castle, Layla El-Faouly Additional Tags: POV Multiple, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Swearing, Food Issues, Polyamory, Mental Health Issues, Multiple Partners read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/uzjEHpC

[applecubeblog]

Head cannons about a friend's OC

I do not control the muses. When they offer me ideas, I can only hope I'll have the MP to write those ideas down, no matter what they may be. In this case, it was about my friend's Warrior of Light, Shio Shinju. You can find her over on @the-littlest-kojin. Now, despite looking like a Raen, she was raised by the Kojin of the Blue, and is one, far as I'm concerned. It did get me to thinking, how would other NPC's respond and react to learning that about Shio? Nice as it would be that they would all be lovely, supportive, and accepting, they are not perfect. As anyone who feels their body does not reflect who they are will tell you, there can be a wide range of reactions from people. Thus I present, a list. Please note, there are some names on this list that do not pop up until later expansions, including names that don't pop up until the latest expansion. The names for Endwalker I'll try to put put under the Read More. So consider yourself warned.

Minfillia- doesn't understand, "tries", messes up a lot

Thancred- doesn't understand, still tries, never messes up

Y'shtola- doesn't understand, asks a lot of questions that end up bordering on, to being, actively rude. One time, a Thancred that was already having a bad day snapped and started flipping Y'shtola's questions back on her. She quickly got the idea and the questions have significantly lessened. 

Urianger- went on a near poetic spree about how it's the soul that matters, not the flesh. Never messes up. 

Lyse- tries to understand, doesn't fully get it, but tries anyway. Sometimes messes up. "confused but she got the spirit" 

Papalymo- outright refuses. This earns him an earful from Lyse (and Thancred in private) every time. 

At this point Thancred is recognizing and standing with Shio on her identity just as much out of spite as anything. Part of it is still trying to respect Shio, but part of it is out of spite now.

Alphinaud- doesn't understand, trying to, but questions are worse than Y'shtola's somehow

Alisaie- kind of gets it, is trying since it makes Shio happy. Actually does her own research and chastises her brother. 

Tataru- very confused, but does try. She also messes up, but her apologies feel more genuine than Minfillia's. Incorporates little turtles somewhere in each outfit made. 

Krile- understands and accepts immediately, never messes up. Something something echo. 

G'raha- may be the worst. Says he understands, says he cares, but clearly has not, can not, and will not internalize it. His words and his actions blatantly at odds.

Estinien- kind of gets it? He assumes it's something akin to how powerful dragoons are basically part dragon. Having seen Shio's prowess in water, he assumes all Kojin are this amazing aquatic warrior race. This was all internal, so Shio may not be aware that was his logic, but he did seem to get it, and didn't mess up. When he was visiting the Far East, he did stop in Tamamizu, and upon talking with the Kojin there, came to understand better. He apologizes next time he sees Shio, saying only "for not fully understanding you". 

During Stormblood, Lyse and Alisaie comment on how Shio is "like a Kojin!", something they've both done often, not realizing. But this time it was within earshot of one of Shio's brothers, who pulls them aside and explains why what they are saying is wrong. Shio is not like a Kojin, she is one. Alisaie and Lyse understand, and feel awful, apologizing. Both do not make the mistake again. 

Hien, Gosestsu, Yugiri- immediately understand and accept, apologizing for ever messing up. 

Also Hein has a discussion with Shio late one night, after a bunch of sake, when he thinks Gosestsu and Yugiri aren't listening. He wonders if he might be happier as Xeala, talking wistfully and joyfully about his time among them in the Steppes, how now in this palace he feels out of place. He claims it was merely a joke. He's lying to himself. It was not. 

Aymeric- smiles, nods, doesn't understand. Gets what literature he can, but it only confuses him more. It's not until Estinien comes back and explains it to him, does he kinda sorta get it. 

Raubahn- at first, thought that's what Raen called themselves. It wasn't until meeting Yugiri that he was corrected, then had things explained to him. Understands better now, though also believes the Kojin are a powerful underwater warrior peoples. 

Nanamo- confused, asks questions earnestly, trying to learn. Thinks she gets it, and kind of does. Would like to see Tamamizu one day. 

Merlwyb- really does not get it for the longest time. She does eventually come around, and makes clear any sign of calling Shio anything but Kojin is a sign of disrespect, but it does take her a bit. She may be a force for progress and change in Limsa, but she's still Limsan. Stubborn as any of them. 

Kann-E Senna- genuinely hard to tell. Always keeps that same practiced smile on her face. She calls Shio "Kojin", but does she believe or understand? Unclear. 

Gaius- "Why would you ever want be one of those beasts-" gets cut off by angry turtle

Zeno- "If I gutted every beastman there, then would you fight me with that same fervor?" which threatening that does work, much to his joy

Feo Ul- first needs an explanation of what Kojin are. Then points out "well of course you're one! You swim better than any other, you have respect for the spirits, and I've seen my precious sapling take hits from those nasty lightwardens straight to her back and been fine! So clearly you must have a hard shell back there!" then after a moment. "[appropriate pet name], if you are displeased with your form, know that I can shape it into whatever will make you happy. I'll adore you no matter what shape you take."

Matoya- Doesn't care what Shio is (and that is how she terms it), just leave her alone. She does chastise Alphinaud and Y'shtola at one point- "Let people be who they are, and mind your own!" 

Ameliance- welcomes "Shio of the Blue", having already been told in letters. Does her best to be supportive. 

Fourchenault- very pointedly avoids referring to Shio by anything. Eventually is called out on it by Alisaie. 

Vrtra- accepts it. No big fanfare or anything, just accepts it

Nidhana- rolls with it easily, just wants Shio’s help and to research Shio

Meteion, Hermes, Hythlodaeus, Emet-Selch (past), Venat- have no point of reference for Kojin, so assume Shio is just what one is. Should be noted the description is eerily similar to Azem’s true form.

Emet-Selch (present)- knows what a Kojin is now, and that it is similar to Azem’s true form. He knows it should be Shio’s true shape, and that, if things were right, she could take that shape easily. The fact that she can’t disgusts him.

[screamcola]

Happy Birthday @bigoltrashpile !!!!!!

I wanted to do a small panel comic about an idea I came up with a while ago but didn't tell them about cause I wanted it to be a birthday surprise. I know they're a fan of love at first sight and meet cute ideas so I figured why not set up a story based around their job at the school.

~

Papyrus walked the halls of the elementary school, him and Sans had come to pick Frisk up due to Toriel having to stay behind at the school to grade papers and make preparations for the next day. Planning requires peace, which is something the young pacifist themself didn't really know how to keep well with their knack for getting themselves in trouble. Which is why Papyrus is showing off his capabilities of being an amazing uncle by babysitting Frisk while Toriel was busy!

He stops outside the door to Toriel's classroom, not wanting to walk inside and distract the kids inside. He had arrived a bit early since the bell hadn't rung to signal the end of the day yet, but you don't become captain of the royal guard by being late! He's always on time for everything, if not, then he's early- Where did Sans go? He was just walking beside Papyrus a moment ago.

Oh well, that seems like a later problem, he'd find his brother after he got Frisk. Sans probably just wandered off to find something to sleep on while they waited.

A loud ringing noise is played through the halls over the intercom, children immediately bolting out of the classroom doors to run to their buses or the gym to wait for their parents to arrive. Papyrus walks into the classroom once the coast is clear for him to get through the doorway without getting trampled by a heard of children.

"FRISK, WE HAVE ARRIVED TO TAKE YOU HOME. WELL, I HAVE ARRIVED, SANS IS PROBABLY LOST SOMEWHERE." Frisk shoves all their schoolwork into their bag without caution, no time for organization when it's time to leave, walking over to Papyrus and reaching over to grab his gloved hand. "NOW, READY TO GO HOME?"

They nod.

"OKAY, LET'S FIND MY BROTHER SO WE CAN ALL LEAVE!" Papyrus turns to look at Toriel, who is sorting papers out while sipping at her drink. "FAREWELL, LADY AS- TORIEL. WE SHALL SEE YOU WHEN YOU'RE DONE."

"Goodbye Papyrus, and thank you again for watching over Frisk."

"OF COURSE, I AM THE WORLD'S GREATEST UNCLE AFTER ALL!" Papyrus leaves the classroom with Frisk, looking around the halls to try finding his brother.

It would make sense to check the library first, that is where the beanbags are at after all! If Papyrus was lazy, which he isn't, he'd go for the beanbags to rest on! He makes his way into the library, searching around the place only to find the beanbags empty. Damn, guess his first guess wasn't correct, maybe the computer lab to mess with the computer wallpapers? Although he did only check the beanbag area, Sans could be somewhere else in the library. It's difficult finding your brother when he's basically the same height as every 5th grader.

"HE BLENDS IN TOO WELL WITH THE KIDS HERE BEING NEAR HIS HEIGHT!" Papyrus hears slight laughter from beside him, see, he can be funny too!

Papyrus feels a tug on his sleeve, turning his attention to Frisk, "HAVE YOU FOUND HIM?" Frisk nods, pointing towards one of the tables, standing near the group of kids doing homework was Sans, talking with an adult human, maybe you're a teacher? He can only see the back of you but can see Sans clearly, he looks smug like he just told the greatest pun ever.

Poor human must have had to sit through at least fifty of them by now.

"so i said the dentist that story sounds a lot like a fibula, you sure you're telling the tooth here?"

Papyrus hears a sigh followed by a few chuckles, well he's here to save the human from hearing another long joke with a lame punchline! "BROTHER, THERE YOU AR-"

You turn around to look at Papyrus, he feels his soul momentarily stop beating, like it got struck by cupid's bone attack right on the spot. It feels like such a foreign yet extremely familiar feeling.

"oh, hey bro, i was just telling the teach here the best kind of stories."

Papyrus snaps out of his sudden silence, "YOU WERE JUST SAYING PUNS AGAIN!"

"yeah, best kind of story telling"

"IT REALLY ISN'T-"

You look over at the table to see all the childrens's eyes on the two brothers, finding their bickering more entertaining than their work. "Sorry but can you please keep your voice down in the library, sir..?"

"OH, I'M PAPY- Sorry, I Didn't Mean To Cause A Scene, I'm Papyrus, And You Are?"

You tell him your name and he repeats it as if he's said it thousands of times before.

.. Where has he heard that name from before?

[biasaturn]

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[thedailyworld]

For all you language-lovers

This has been a long time coming. I had the idea years ago and never got around to the next step (mostly because I would tell myself ‘this Sunday’ and then Monday would come and I would realize that now it would have to be next Sunday). So this is my long winded way of saying: Welcome!

I’m an anthropology and linguistics student (no degree yet but I’m about a year out) and I love (lovelovelove) language and always have. So this is my contribution to language and language-in-culture.

What to expect:  -A set of words each week with an over all them (e.g. parts of speech, words about words, paradigms, contranyms, borrowed words, etc.), the breakdown of the word (i.e. pronunciation, definition/s, examples, and etymology), maybe something about how the word fits the category I’ve shoved it and an invitation for comments.  -Every Sunday I’ll post the topic and list of words under the topic and Monday-Friday I will cover the words. Saturdays may or may not be dedicated to non-English words.  -I may, down the road, add in other things--idioms, famous quotes, perhaps even the history behind words (like the English pronoun ‘she’ which was ‘heo’ in Old English)--or layer in other languages (I’m learning German, have a native Russian-speaking best friend and regular contact with a variety of other languages)

And of course, audience participation is encouraged--if you have questions or request, then don’t be shy!

(A bit of shameless self-promotion: I am a fiction writer in my spare time and while I refuse to post original works, I dabble in fandoms and can be found at applewrites. I’m gonna attempt to post daily drabbles for my daily words, so we’ll see how that goes.)

[depotkilop]

Word processing for mac 2013

#WORD PROCESSING FOR MAC 2013 SOFTWARE#

It did have a small hard disk…the earliest versions ran on a floppy-disk system.) It looked rather like your grandma’s kitchen radio with a little TV screen on one side. ( Correction: I did not remember correctly after all. See Dean’s comment below.) The computer had a black-and-white display and if I remember correctly, it did not have a hard drive.

#WORD PROCESSING FOR MAC 2013 SOFTWARE#

(Correction: It had LISA hardware and used emulation software to mimic the Mac Plus. The shells were refurbished with the internal workings comparable to more reasonably priced Mac Pluses. That personal computer that was sold for around $10k and was a failure because people aren’t completely insane, all the time. Yes, that fiasco of Steven Jobs, named after the daughter that he refused to claim…you all saw Pirates of Silicon Valley. It was a reconfigured Mac Plus inside a Mac LISA. I bought it off my officemate for five hundred dollars. I got my first personal computer in graduate school. Fact is that for ten years I used this program and I believe I typed my entire dissertation in it and now I cannot retrieve the name from the folds of my brain. It would be easy to Google but that would be beside the point. The files are text and they were typed in Applewriter or whatever that *amazing* word processing program of long-ago Macintosh computers was called.

[itzurgirlmel]

Can yall tell I love Applewriter.…?

[ao3feed-moonknight]

Food is a four-letter word.

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/udHs9al by Applewriter A series of shorts about food and eating that Moon Knight experiences. Dialogue within < > denotes one of the Alters is speaking and cannot be heard by anyone outside of the body. The Point of View changes after the first chapter. Words: 1447, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Series: Part 4 of Romancing a Moon Knight Fandoms: Moon Knight (TV 2022), Daredevil (TV), The Punisher (TV 2017), Marvel Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Other Characters: Marc Spector, Steven Grant (Marvel), Jake Lockley, Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Frank Castle, Layla El-Faouly Additional Tags: POV Multiple, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Swearing, Food Issues, Polyamory, Mental Health Issues, Multiple Partners read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/udHs9al

[screamcola]

If you want to can you tell us what the boys YouTub Chanel would be like, who’s the gamer? Who’s the video easy people. Would they have their S/O Show up on the Chanel? Do what ever boys you want. Have a nice day

You have a nice day too! Some of these guys were difficult to think of cause some of them are extremely camera shy.

Sans: Prank channel, he records the pranks he pulls on the people in the house and posts them. Everyone in the house wants to throttle him lmao. You'll probably show up on the channel but you probably wouldn't like how you're in it. Just remember you love him is all I can say.

Papyrus: He's sort of a channel close to Jenna Marbles, he does random things that he just feels like doing. Like making the annoying dog float with balloons or tie dying crop tops and booty shorts. He would love to have you on the channel to do stuff with him! Or behind the camera if you aren't comfortable with being on camera yourself.

Azure (Underswap Sans): He's a challenge channel, he does challenges and stunts on his channel (not the extremely stupid ones though), he would love to have you on the channel with him! It'd probably be a messy video due to being outside and a lot of challenges involving a mess outside. He isn't allowed to do them inside the house unless it's an easy to clean up one. He also has a side channel for cryptid studies.

Crow (Underswap Papyrus): Book review channel! He talks about different books, his favorite tropes in books, cliches he likes and doesn't like in stories. Yes, he also talks about fanfic on the channel. He also does small skits on occasion to overdramatize scenes he found stupid in stories. He'd enjoy having you on the channel, being able to talk about books with someone besides the audience that can't respond is nice. Just don't ask about the weird side of fanfic videos, he'll die of embarrassment.

Red (Underfell Sans): The gamer. Need I say more. Well I'm going to anyways, he does more action based games instead of slower ones. The most popular videos on his channel are him playing horror games, not cause he's tough though. It's cause people like watching him either rage at games, make fun of them, or scream like a little girl. He'd totally want you to join him on multiplayer games and when he plays actually scary horror games. No, totally not to comfort him when he gets scared. Totally not.

Rouge (Underfell Papyrus): Cooking channel! Except he's one of the channels that cooks using unconventional means and watching him cause messes and failures in the kitchen. Let's just say people don't watch him for recipe ideas. He'd love to have you on the channel as long as you're comfortable with a chaotic kitchen and inedible food at the end of everything.

Plum (Swapfell Sans): He's a review channel and theory channel, he deep dives into films and popular media to try finding dark secrets or critique bad movies he had to watch for his channel. He'd enjoy having you on the channel, it's nice to have a conversation or a debate with an actual person. Plus you two can have date nights at movie theaters and also get content to use for the channel!

Rus (Swapfell Papyrus): This man is a mystery on the internet, he makes short clips of random things that make little to no sense. Basically he is the embodiment of the weird side of TikTok, he makes edit YouTube poop clips or he's in extremely odd costumes doing random shit. If you want to be in one of his videos you'll have to be ready to match whatever energy this man is about to unleash for whatever poor insomniac will witness on a 3am YouTube sinkhole.

Willow (Horrortale Papyrus): Gardening tip channel, he spreads gardening knowledge on the internet for people who want their gardens to be the best they can be. He doesn't show his face on camera though, all that can be seen is his gardening shirt, overalls, and gardening gloves. It'd be difficult for you to be on the channel too and be visible but you're more than welcome to be his assistant and co-host with voiceovers to talk about vegetables, fruits, and flowers.

Hickory (Horrortale Sans): This one was probably the most difficult to figure out. He hates being on camera and he isn't the kind of person to put himself out there at all. Sorry, but he just isn't the type to be on camera. He'd gladly be behind the camera though to film videos for the other boys, he'd enjoy having you behind the scenes with him and helping out though.

[ao3feed-bruceandsteve]

Rejected Soulmates Two: Rejected Boogaloo

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3jDmmGk

by Applewriter

Society doesn’t care about Rejected Soulmates, but when Rejects band together, they’re unstoppable. And sexy. Mustn’t forget that…

Words: 7759, Chapters: 6/6, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of Rejected Soulmates United

Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, The Punisher (TV 2017)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: M/M, Multi

Characters: Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Clint Barton, James "Bucky" Barnes, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Bruce Banner, Peter Parker, Frank Castle, Dinah Madani, Brock Rumlow

Relationships: Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson, James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov, Frank Castle/Dinah Madani, Past Steve Rogers/Brock Rumlow - Relationship, Bruce Banner/Steve Rogers

Additional Tags: BDSM, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Kink Negotiation, Safewords, Power Play, Bad BDSM Etiquette, Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Threats of Violence, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulwords, Discrimination, Blow Jobs, porn films, Adult Entertainment, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Protective Sam Wilson, Sex Work, Humiliation, Race Play, Childhood Trauma

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3jDmmGk

[ao3feed-buckynat]

Rejected Soulmates United!

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3rPZ5F4

by Applewriter

What happens to the Soulmates nobody wants?

Words: 7237, Chapters: 7/7, Language: English

Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Sam Wilson (Marvel), Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Clint Barton, James "Bucky" Barnes

Relationships: Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson, Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov, James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov, James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov

Additional Tags: Past Clint Barton/Phil Coulson, past natasha romanov/phil coulson - Freeform, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Deaf Clint Barton, Bakery and Coffee Shop, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Rejection, Sex Work, Porn Watching, Adult Entertainment, Topping from the Bottom, First Time Topping, Pre-Serum Steve Rogers, Rimming, Blow Jobs, Protective Sam Wilson, Colourism, Colorism, Humiliation kink, Humiliation, Group Therapy, Discrimination, Slow Burn, Reality TV, Soulmate-Words, Soul words

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3rPZ5F4

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[bisofcolour-blog]

Still here on #BiVisibilityDay 

Still here - just about

Still queer - whether or not you think we belong.

Me and the fabulous #applewriter , cofounders of Bis of Colour.

Can you see us? Are we visible? Can you see all of us, or just the version edited for your comfort.  

Jacq Applebee wrote the first report on Bisexual PoC in the UK. Read it - even if you think you know what is says. If you want copies, email us at bis.of.colour@gmail.com.  We can send them out As with all of our stuff, it's largely self funded/DIY so if you have institutional access/funds (unions, uni etc) and can fund a print run, then shout. :)

Tl: dr version: as ever - black working class women, trans and cis, and black non-binary people - do the most labour and get the least support.

Also - when ur 'best' option for community = choose between dealing with structural biphobia or  racism or both = it's a shit sandwich.

That said, I wouldn't change being me for all that; bis of colour give me LIFE

https://bisexualresearch.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/bis-of-colour-survey-report.pdf

[vintage-tech]

Hey, welcome to the party, Dadumir! :)

First thing to tell you, daisywheels are not common nowadays since today’s graphic inkjet and lasers can print any font you throw at it, but they were all the rage in the 1980s-1990s (as printers) and the 1960s-1970s (as typewriters). My high school had an Apple //e connected to an Apple Daisy Wheel Printer which few students used but my chem/physics teacher would print stuff on all the time via AppleWriter. (A quick reminder: AppleWriter was also good for running text as control code on the Apple Plotter.) The perk of a daisywheel printer was that it could print characters that looked like professional typing in a timeframe where nearly everything computers and their printers spat out was dot-matrix.

Somewhere in the 1980s we saw the hybridization of typewriters and printers. Some machines had upgrade options, such as the Royal ‘Beta 8000′ where this hidden jack on the side could have an optional parallel port card inserted into it ($80 for the card according to the accessories list that came with the 8000), and others came with that Centronics D36 jack built in. Same deal, printers were dot-matrix but this peripheral had type-quality letters! Every office already had a business typewriter (such as an IBM Selectric) or twelve, why not give it double duty and add the ability to edit the text by having a computer driving it instead of your fingers? Thus the odd fact that while manuals and most home electric typewriters have gone the way of the dinosaur, you can still get office machines and their accessories.

The Royal ‘Beta 8000T’ I have is in the middle ground because while it is a portable / not an office typewriter, there is zero trouble finding print ribbons, correction ribbons, or font wheels because they are compatable with various other machines that are still in use in offices. The same accessories including daisywheels are in use by certain models by Samsung, Elite, Nakajima, Adler, Royal, Canon, Facit, Olivetti, Olympia, Hermes, Gabriel, Juki, and Swintech -- plus there are third-parties that have made those accessories, such as Pelikan for ribbons and Camwil for typewheels. If you run out of ribbon on such a machine, you can likely go to Office Juggernaut at the mall to pick up a two-pack and not miss a beat.

So as for the thrifted typewriter, the first question is whether it already has an interface to work with. Does it have a port that looks like this somewhere?

If so, you’re golden. If not, you should Google the machine and see if there is/was a kit available to add a parallel interface -- I have my doubts you will be able to kludge something together. What is your typewriter?

Next of course is the cable connecting typewriter to computer. These used to be a mess because every type of computer (IBM, Apple, Atari, Commodore, Tandy, etc...) had its own pinouts and transmission methods, but things got standardized for PCs in time and the other types of computers faded away.

Historically parallel printers and their cables went from D36 to DB24, and every computer had a DB24 female parallel jack next to the DB9 (or DB24 male!) serial jack, usually referred to as LPT1: by the computer -- LPT stood for “lineprinter”. In the modern world, most computers lack the old ports but you can get a USB-to-parallel cable instead.

Once you have the typewriter-printer connected to the computer, that’s where the magic begins. There is likely some switch or keystroke on the typewriter to tell it to pay attention to the computer rather than its keyboard for input. As covered in my original post obliquely, you can set up a new printer in Windows specific to this being a generic text-only device on LPT1: (or whatever the designation Device Manager says the parallel port is) and the computer will treat the printer right. Of course, you will want to use a word processor that just sends text like Notepad because you are not going to be using most of the style tricks your average writing software can throw to dot matrix, inkjet, or laser printers. (Bold may be an option, though.)

I hope this helps and you can get that typewriter to print for your computer!

Yes, Virginia, you can use a 1980s daisywheel printer – or a daisywheel typewriter that has a Centronics parallel interface for use as a printer – with a modern computer and Windows 7. It’s not that difficult when you know how.

I probably burned through half a ribbon figuring it all out but I’ve had entirely too much Mountain Dew Baja Blast today and it’s 11:39pm so this is how I end my day… proving the people who say it won’t work wrong. :-D