Marcin Wichary December 2023 / 3,100 words / 35 photos Originally published as a booklet accompanying Shift Happens In the popular imagination, the transition from the world of typewriters to the universe of computers was orderly and simple: at some point in the 20th century, someone attached a CPU and a screen to a typewriter, and that turned it into a computer. But the reality is much more fascinating and convoluted. The transition was meandering and lengthy, and traces of its many battles and...