IBM Selectric - Wikipedia
IBM replaced the Selectric line with the IBM Wheelwriter in 1984, and transferred its typewriter business to the newly formed Lexmark in 1991. [5] The Selectric typewriter was introduced on …
The IBM Selectric
The IBM Selectric was the most successful electric typewriter in history. With its distinctive type element — a spinning, bobbing mechanism often likened to a golf ball — it improved the …
IBM Selectric [Typewriters] - Guide to Value, Marks, History ...
2021年9月20日 · IBM introduced its Selectric typewriter on July 31, 1961. The Selectric used a type ball instead of a basket of individual typebars that swung up to strike the ribbon. The ball …
The Selectric Typewriter: an icon of progress
For more than 25 years, the Selectric was the typewriter found on most office desks. With 2800 parts, many designed from scratch, the Selectric was a radical departure even for IBM, which …
IBM Reinvented the Typewriter With the Selectric 50 Years Ago
2011年7月27日 · On July 31, 1961 -- fifty years ago this coming weekend -- IBM's groundbreaking new typewriter went on sale. The IBM Selectric reinvented the typewriter by introducing the …
IBM Selectric - Typewriter Wiki
2023年5月23日 · The IBM Selectric typewriter was introduced on the 31st of July, 1961. This typewriter is equipped with a golfball sized type element instead of a type basket so that …
IBM celebrates 50 years with the Selectric typewriter - CNET
2011年7月27日 · Later this month, IBM will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Selectric typewriter. Released on July 31, 1961, the Selectric was unarguably a game-changer in the …
The Selectric: Typewriter Of Kings - TechCrunch
2011年7月27日 · The result of "seven years of research," the Selectric typewriter entered the national consciousness in 1961 and died only when its creator, IBM, began to create its …
The Mechanical Glory of the IBM Selectric Typewriter
2010年11月9日 · Brilliant science-and-technology documentarian Bill Hammack, professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Illinois, has produced this …
Selectric Typewriter's Legacy Endures in the Digital Age - NBC …
2011年8月1日 · IBM's Selectric began its life as a typewriter, but ended it as the first computer keyboard. In the interim, the stylish device became a favored tool of great American writers …