If you’ve been around long enough, the equipment and supplies on your desk are probably very different when you started out. Who would ever have guessed that typewriters, carbon paper, floppy ...

The mystery of the typewriter is gone with the rise of smartphones and computers. However, carbon paper still has some use, such as in college projects. Until about a generation and a half ago ...

Then there's Gen Wehrheim, who really, really likes the sound. "The typewriter I used in my job clicked, and I enjoyed the clicking sound," said Wehrheim, 85, of Belleville.

Remember typewriters, carbon paper and film cameras? Veteran journalists do. They were the tools of the trade, way back when. We’ve been hearing some funny anecdotes about the old days from ...