Introduced in 1961 by IBM, the Selectric was the first typewriter to use a golf ball-like type element that moved across the paper, rather than moving the paper carriage past the individual character ...

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 and dominated the desks ...

Luckily, engineer and YouTuber, Bill Hammack, describes how the Selectric’s element works in an unrelated video (below). Hammack explains that the element has a series of typeface letters—both upper ...

If you learned to type anytime in the mid-part of the 20th century, you probably either had or wanted an IBM Selectric. These were workhorses and changed typing by moving from typebars to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The IBM Selectric, which was built in Lexington from 1961-1986. (Herald-Leader) Editor’s Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th ...

While cleaning out the garage of an elderly friend who died recently, what did I find under a pile of 1967 Playboys but a typewriter. It wasn't just any typewriter but a vintage IBM Selectric II. I ...

A few other characteristics came to mind that also help set it apart: I don't know if it was the first, or not, but something that might not be immediately obvious to some is that the Selectric had ...

Q: I have an IBM Selectric 3 typewriter. I’m looking for somebody that can service it. The main thing is that certain keys stick. I use a computer for most things, but there are times when I want to ...

While helping a friend deal with the remnants of our church garage sale today, I came across a pair of IBM Selectric typewriters among the junk, which I proceeded to rescue from the garbage heap. They ...

With all of the whiz-bang rockets and brain implants we have these days, it’s easy to forget about genius inventions from simpler times. Thankfully, in a video posted to its YouTube channel, the ...