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.

Magnetic tape, which came to the device in 1964, allowed users to store characters. "The Selectric typewriter, ... Skillings thought back to the all the things IBM's Selectric brought to the table.

Imagine all of the waiting rooms and typing classes it's seen in its half-century on earth. IBM this week is celebrating the 50th birthday of its best-selling Selectric line of office typewriters.

The IBM Selectric typewriter turns 50. Opinion. Jul 27, 2011 3 mins. ... With magnetic tape for storing characters added in 1964, the Selectric became the first (albeit analog) ...

T he office-machine competition will become even hotter when IBM thisweek introduces a typewriter with a memory tape. Dubbed the “Magnetic Tape Selectric,” it can store up typed words and ...

The SX-70 came to mind again when I learned that IBM's Selectric typewriter is marking its fiftieth anniversary. ... Selectric Magnetic Tape Composer. Here it is. 2 Comments. Tweet. Read more: IBM, ...

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.

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 ...

IBM engineer Leon Cooper helped develop the Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter, or MT/ST, the first electronic word-processing machine, beginning in the late 1950s. The Lexington-made product was ...

It was 1968, and the IBM technician who serviced Deighton’s typewriters had just heard ... (Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter), sold in the European market as the MT72. ...