tic tac tic tactile...

I miss the whirring hum and clackity report of the electric typewriter. There are few tactile experiences as satisfying as rattling off a run-on Selectric sentence. RAP-ATTA-RAP-ATTA-ATTA-PHLAP! Oh, man! That's the stuff!

The problem is that I also appreciate the convenience of the various word processing programs available on personal computers. Revision is a piece of cake with a computer. Right click, double click, find, replace. Can't do that stuff with a typewriter. What's a boy to do?

One day I will resolve to hit EBay and snatch up a serviceable and traditional machine, much to the dismay of my wife, and the next day I'll realize how my writing would suffer without a laptop to assist with spelling and grammar. I can't come to terms with this.

I have tried software that makes a typewriter-like clack upon a keystroke, but it's all crap. What I want....Nay!...what I need is for someone to create a hybrid keyboard that operates like an electric typewriter, but perhaps connects to my laptop through a USB port. Certainly, I can't be expected to do this myself. That would require hard work, dedication and attention to detail. But there must be someone out there in the interwebs that has taken some steps toward this end. I can't be the only one....or can I?