The IBM Selectric (a portmanteau of "selective" and "electric") was a highly successful line of electric typewriters introduced by IBM on 31 July 1961...
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mechanism, as opposed to the fixed carriage and type ball used in the IBM Selectric, introduced in 1961. After 1944, each model came in both "Standard"...
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did not wrap words, which was begun by IBM's Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter (later, Magnetic Card Selectric Typewriter). Expensive Typewriter, written...
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The IBM MT/ST (Magnetic Tape/Selectric Typewriter, and known in Europe as MT72) is a model of the IBM Selectric typewriter, built into its own desk, integrated...
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Typewriter (section IBM Selectric)
Card Selectric Composer, and the Electronic Selectric Composer, IBM also made electronic typewriters with proportional spacing using the Selectric element...
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typewriter families, replacing their long-lived and commercially successful IBM Selectric typewriter series on its introduction in 1984. All models in the Wheelwriter...
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1950s IBM Selectric typewriter: IBM 6121: IBM 700 Series Selectric I, 1961; IBM 6126: IBM 800 Series Selectric II (1971) and Correcting Selectric II (1973);...
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printing; that is, its print quality is equivalent to the quality of an IBM Selectric typewriter or printer, the de facto quality standard of the time. The...
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Courier (typeface) (redirect from IBM Courier)
now public domain. According to some sources, a later version for IBM's Selectric typewriters was developed with input from Adrian Frutiger, although...
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terminals using daisy wheel mechanisms. The IBM 2741 combines a ruggedized Selectric typewriter mechanism with IBM SLT electronics and an RS-232-C serial interface...
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typeface used on the IBM Selectric typewriter; this is particularly evident with the italicised i, j, t and x letters. IBM Plex Serif – A transitional...
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typebars. It uses a traditional typebar mechanism, not the "golfball" IBM Selectric typewriter mechanism, which was not introduced until the next year....
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the quality typically expected from a business typewriter such as an IBM Selectric. A letter-quality printer operates in much the same fashion as a typewriter...
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industrial designer, who worked on projects for IBM, most notably the IBM Selectric typewriter and the IBM Aerospace Research Center in Los Angeles, California...
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generate high-quality output comparable to premium typewriters such as the IBM Selectric, but two to three times faster. Daisy wheel printing was used in electronic...
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ultimately grew to support hundreds of computer terminals based on the IBM Selectric. The terminals used green ink for user input and black for the computer's...
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and weighted with a whiffletree mechanism to produce finer steps. The IBM Selectric typewriter uses such a system. DACs are widely used in modern communication...
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APL (programming language) (category IBM software)
idea of using an IBM Selectric typing element for the APL character set. Many APL symbols, even with the APL characters on the Selectric typing element...
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History of personal computers (section IBM 610)
was a complete system in a case with the approximate footprint of an IBM Selectric typewriter. The system's CPU was constructed from roughly a hundred...
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which IBM established at Columbia University in 1945 was closed and moved to the Yorktown Heights laboratory in 1970. IBM introduces the Selectric typewriter...
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The IBM 5100 Portable Computer is one of the first portable computers, introduced in September 1975, six years before the IBM Personal Computer, and eight...
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(OCF) consisted of either a modified IBM Selectric typewriter interfaced into the computer, or a special purpose IBM 3270 display. Within the OCF, there...
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periodicals. By the late 1960s, IBM had developed the IBM MT/ST (Magnetic Tape/Selectric Typewriter). It was a model of the IBM Selectric typewriter from earlier...
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IBM Research is the research and development division for IBM, an American multinational information technology company. IBM Research is headquartered...
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(1967-02-27). "The IBM Selectric Composer: The Evolution of Composition Technology". IBM Journal of Research and Development. 12 (1). IBM: 9–14. doi:10.1147/rd...
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keyboard buffer. Typeahead has its roots in the age of typewriters. The IBM Selectric typewriter, first released in 1961, had a mechanical key lockout feature...
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1961, IBM developed the SABRE reservation system for American Airlines and introduced the highly successful Selectric typewriter. Also in 1961 IBM used...
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and IBM Selectric-based printers were the most-common examples. The Flexowriter printed with a conventional typebar mechanism while the Selectric used...
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Wang Laboratories (section Going after IBM)
the logic of a Wang 500 calculator hooked up to an OEM-manufactured IBM Selectric typewriter for keying and printing, and dual cassette decks for storage...
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significantly different, intended for desktop use and looking more like an IBM Selectric typewriter than a traditional printer. Most models were available without...
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