Five million words written on his typewriter, Cormac McCarthy, perhaps my favorite author, gets a "new" Olivetti.  Read: “No Country for Old Typewriters: A Well-Used One Heads to Auction.”
It reminds me of Wendell Berry's essay titled "Why I'm Not Going to Buy a Computer."

I’d try using charcoal on stone if I thought it would help.  Amazing.

Dayne