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by phkahler
2994 days ago
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On a classic non-electric typewriter the carriage was returned by pushing a lever on the right side of the carriage. The lever could be pressed to the left relative to the carriage which would move the paper up. At the end of travel relative to the carriage if you kept pushing it would move the carriage back to the left. Hence CR and LF could be accomplished in one motion. If you wanted to advance the paper many lines, you'd push the lever multiple times - probably with the carriage all the way to the left the whole time. On another note, I find it incredibly weird describing an "everyday" item like a typewriter because many people on HN may have never used one! |
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