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    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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    The IBM MT/ST (Magnetic Tape/Selectric Typewriter, and known in Europe as MT72) was a model of the IBM Selectric typewriter, built into its own desk, integrated...
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    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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    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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    Word Processor, an IBM Selectric-based text-storage device. The operator of this machine typed text on a conventional IBM Selectric; when the Return key...
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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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    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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