Just a week ago our library's last public typewriter bit the dust. It was at the branch library, and once every six months we'd send a person over there who had asked to fill out a form using the typewriter. They just tried getting it repaired and apparently, no one makes parts for it anymore. It wasn't even one of the old tanks we've got in the back - a plastic model that was probably purchased when the place opened in 1978. I wonder how long the truly ancient metal ones have left. I need to ask Processing how often they use those things.
This caused me to look at pricing on
typewriters, and it seems they're still not super cheap. Too many moving parts, I guess.