Could be. That sucks. Can’t “find” text if it’s not text to begin with.
Seems like I tried accessing the beast the other day and it was converted to a webpage instead of being downloadable.
I’ve been a steady 60 forever. 45 on the old non-powered mechanical typewriters. Nothing’s as satisfying as blowing up an adding machine, though. Staying ahead of the tape keeps your pace up. Been a while since I’ve had one, but I grit my teeth and wish I still did every time I open calculator. Grr.
So there’s two options for the Beast now, the fancy web version which is pretty and has a lot of info, just not all the info which for a sicko like me isn’t an option.
But they’ve also got the old downloadable version where you enter the password. There’s a link somewhere in the text at the top.
I never had the luxury of hammering the keys on an adding machine but did have the pleasure of watching my mom do it at her little boutique shop. Not the visor and cigars gambling den vibe I always think of with adding machines, but she could fly. Pretty sure that’s why she made me tape a typing class waaaay back in middle school when computers were only in one classroom, for typing or coding Basic, and the class itself was called “keyboarding.” The internet was but a distant dream. I hated it at the time but man it turned out she did me a solid.