Question about Compose key

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Mon, 13 May 2013, phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org wrote:

>
>> James Knott wrote:
>>> BTW, anyone else remember when the Eaton's and Sears catalogs carried
>>> typewriters available with either French or English keyboards?
>>
>> Or for that matter, does anyone else remember typewriters?  Or the
>> Eaton's catalog?  I think the Sears catalog is still around.  Not sure
>> though.
>>
> The first time my daughter saw a manual typewriter, she thought it was a
> huge improvement over the computer. Look dad, no printer necessary! And
> you get to see your work in print immediately!
>
> This was an IBM Selectric with the erase tape built in, so I couldn't even
> claim it wouldn't erase.

    That's not a manual typewriter; that's an electric typewriter.

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