"Use a computer or typewriter to fill out the application"

Okay, I decided to apply for an on campus job yesterday, and I received a hard copy application from the place. I started filling it out (was going to turn it back in right there) and noticed that after the first page, there were a lot of individual questions, and a notice on the top of the pages: "Must be filled out with computer or typewriter."

Now, I haven't seen a typewriter in years. Do they still exist? Are they kept in a special room with the abacus collection?

As for filling out a hard copy application with a computer, how exactly are you supposed to do that? It didn't really make a lot of sense. I inquired further to see if there was a copy of the application online, cause that would make it easier to fill out that way, and I was told it was not.

What kind of strange application process is this?

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