This turned the personal computer into a useful business tool, not just a game machine or replacement for the electric typewriter.

这将个人计算机转变成了一个有用的商业工具，而不仅仅是一台游戏机或是电子打印机的替代品。

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And how can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?

还有，上星期我的舌头被卷进电动打字机的滚轮，这叫我怎么还能相信上帝？

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The teletype machine looks like an electric typewriter.

电传打字机看上去就像一台电动的打字机。

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Back then, it was the telephone, high-speed rotary presses, stereotyping, typesetting machines, color presses, rotogravure and the electric-telegraphic typewriter.

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One of his first successes: IBM's Model B electric typewriter (a precursor to the Selectric).

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He used a manual typewriter because he felt he could work faster with that than with the electric version.

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