I haven’t seen one of these in years. My grandma was such a fast typist that this was the only typewriter that could keep up with her. Watching her type was insane.
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I played with one as a kid :-)
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Great invention, never seen this before. Did it become widespread?
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They were in just about every office from the 60s to the 80s. I still can’t wrap my head around how quickly and flawlessly they work.
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It really is remarkable...never have seen it in slow motion, nice find, Brian!
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The inventor was our neighbor. IBM gave him an award for it - a Selectric cut in half under a glass dome. You could see all the components
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In High School (ca 1976), when it was publish time for our monthly(ish) humor magazine, we’d rent one of these for a week so we could type the pages with the occasional italic, bold or large-face word or line. Design matters, even on a mimeographed HS rag!
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Repaired these for almost 15 yrs. they disappeared very quickly with the advent of pc’s.
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My mom typed like 110 wpm on a Selectric.
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