IBM purchased Electromatic Typewriters, Inc. in 1933, taking over its Rochester, New York factory. After a variety of improvements IBM issued the IBM Electric Typewriter Model 01 in 1935. The ...

IBM Electric Typewriters: 1950s Office Work at Teachers College. Posted: March 8, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025. The film "Electric Typing Time" features Jane Marshall, a secretary, who ...

The bits that make an IBM electric typewriter into a Bendix G-15 accessory. (Credit: Usagi Electric) Most typewriters for the G-15 have a much smaller platen, as can be seen in the brochures for ...

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… ...

His own office, inside a giant warehouse, is crammed witharound 70 or 80 IBM electric typewriters – second-hand units, which he services and sells. The build quality is top notch, he stresses.

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.

IBM in those days was a marketing-driven organization - and I heard an interesting tale about their approach. The original Selectric cost something like $2995. (That's over $30,000 in today's money!) ...