Instead of an electronic keyboard, the IBM Selectric II uses and electromechanical keyboard to tilt and rotate the Selectric’s typeball. In normal operation, a series of shafts underneath the ...

IBM Selectric II Typewriter by American designer Eliot Fette Noyes, manufactured by the IBM Corporation, 1971. Indianapolis Museum of Art/Getty Images "But a lot of people just enjoy typewriters ...

The IBM Selectric typewriter, arguably Lexington's most famous product, turns 50 on Sunday. From what is now Lexmark International's headquarters along New Circle Road, thousands of IBM employees ...

Over the 23 years that the Selectric was IBM's primary typewriter, the company continued to improve upon Noyes' legendary design, releasing the Selectric II in 1971 and the Selectric III in the 1980s.

Correcting Selectric II, model 895 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions Apply Click for more information. Click to view download files. Click to ...

DIY IBM Selectric type balls give ’60s typewriters new life (and Comic Sans) A Selectric is nothing without its golf ball, but finding one is a costly pain. Scharon Harding – Apr 12, 2023 4:26 ...