Shortly after the introduction of the Selectric III, IBM introduced the IBM Personal Typewriter, a hybrid model that used the widely available 88-character “golfball” type elements and correction tape of the Selectric II, but used the newer Selectric III’s ribbon cartridges. Limited to a single fixed pitch (only 12 CPI, though either pica ...

The IBM Selectric was the most successful electric typewriter in history. With its distinctive type element — a spinning, bobbing mechanism often likened to a golf ball — it improved the productivity of typists and the appearance of their work.

The elegant, curvaceous form he created followed the Selectric typewriter’s distinctive function: the golf ball, which moved across the page, eliminated the traditional carriage return. That enabled the Selectric to operate in a smaller footprint and opened up possibilities for a new profile.

2011年7月27日 · Released on July 31, 1961, the Selectric was unarguably a game-changer in the typewriter space. The device--which took seven years to develop, due mainly to its 2,800 parts--featured a "golf...

2023年4月12日 · Besides eliminating jammed keys by moving from old-school typewriters' type bars, one of Selectric typewriters' niftiest features was the ability to swap out golf balls and change the...

2011年8月14日 · IBM goes on, “In 1961, IBM introduced a revolutionary way to make a typewriter work, and work well. This was the IBM Selectric typewriter, which replaced typebars and moving carriages with a printing element, a sphere no larger than a golfball, which bears all alphabet characters, numbers and punctuation symbols .”

2023年4月12日 · As you hit keys, the golf ball spins at extreme speed to the correct character, and then whacks the platen. It does this so quickly that you can type at normal speed. The ball just spins and...

2018年11月24日 · The design was seven years in development and while several elements made it different from traditional typewriters, the real game changer was the “golf ball”, the spherical type head that ...

2023年4月11日 · IBM’s Selectric line of typewriters were quite popular in the 1960s, thanks in part to an innovation called the typeball which allowed for easy font changes on a single machine. Unfortunately,...

IBM, a titan in the typewriter industry, revolutionized typing in the 20th century. Beginning with the IBM Electric Typewriter in the 1930s after buying the rights to Electromatic Typewriters, they introduced innovations like the IBM Selectric in 1961, famous for its “golf ball” element and allowing fast, efficient typing.