<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Is it hard to believe that the IBM Selectric typewriter turned 50, on July 27th?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://technologizer.com/2011/07/27/ibm-selectric/">http://technologizer.com/2011/07/27/ibm-selectric/</a></div><div>DO click on the "NEXT" button to view the 13 pages on this fascinating machine.</div><div><br></div><div>The style seems quite pleasing, even today.</div><div><br></div><div>Seems that it took about as long for IBM to develop it (seven years) as it did for Ampex to perfect Quad.</div><div><br></div><div>And the value ($395 in 1961) seems to have held up. I spotted quite a few for $125 on ebay and elsewhere.</div><div><br></div><div>How many QuadList folks typed tape labels, inventory sheets, Maint. reports, program or transmitter logs on one of these?</div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 14px; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Ted Langdell</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Secretary</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#0018ea" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 24, 234); "></font></div></div></div> </div><br></body></html>