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You can easily buy a good 60's to 70's era electric for $20-$50 on eBay. A fully restored manual typewriter can cost $200-$500. A historic machine like a Blickensderfer might be worth more. An unusual version of a common office typewriter (with special symbolic keys, or accents) can push the cost up to close to $1,000.
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William Austin Burt invented the first typewriter, called the "typographer," in 1829. His invention was patented in 1829 and is considered one of the earliest prototypes of the modern typewriter.
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IBM introduced the Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter (MT/ST) in 1964. The MT/ST was one of the earliest attempts to convert the regular Selectric typewriter into a word processor.
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the earliest version of PacMan.
In 1905, the cost of a typewriter varied depending on the brand, model, and features, but typically ranged from $50 to $100. This would be equivalent to around $1,500 to $3,000 in today's money when adjusted for inflation.
The typewriter was invented by Christopher Latham Sholes, an American inventor, in 1868. He patented the first early version of the typewriter, which eventually evolved into the machine we are familiar with today.
The first Mac appeared in 1984.
The earliest version was made by Ibn Khurradadhbih.