IBM Wheelwriter/Sources

Communities

 * Reddit /r/typewriters

Golf Ball Typewriters Yahoo Group
A group of selectric owners and former Lexmark techs that maintain knowledge and conduct interesting mods on these typewriters of old.

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/golfballtypewritershop/info

Tipped off by Reddit users: https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/2z6njv/my_new_ibm_wheelwriter_15_series_ii_also_my/

Patents
Most of these have expired by now, 20 years after invention.

IBM Hardware

 * US5000592 - Envelope addressing format feature for electronic typewriters

IBM Software

 * US4799811 - Automatic relocate on continuation of document playout
 * US4894798 - Automatic stop code insertion feature for a word processing apparatus
 * US4957380 - Tab adjust function for an electronic typewriter to permit the shifting of tabs from a first to a second format

Lexmark

 * US5038279 - Direct hot-keying with reset of printer parameters for a secondary application including a typewriter emulator

Other Manufacturers

 * US4842428 - Electronic typewriter with spell checking and correction: Brother
 * US3924722 - Typewriter with electronic keyboard: Cpt Corp
 * US4523868 - IBM Wheelwriter Ribbon - Apparently also used by Panasonic due to it’s ubiquity.

Manuals

 * Lexmark - Official Product Manuals for IBM/Lexmark Wheelwriter Typewriters

Typewriter Models

 * IBM - Typewriter History Milestones, after 1970
 * eTypewriters - IBM Typewriter History

Images

 * IBM Personal Wheelwriter 2 - The promotional sticker is still attached to this one. A rare look.
 * Blue Wheelwriter 5 - Forum - A rare blue Wheelwriter 5? The owner must have just painted it to match his IBM Selectric.

Advertisements

 * List of ads for Selectric and Wheelwriter

Recovered Archives
Typewriter enthusiasts were most active in the 1990s, and many of their websites have disappeared since.


 * Advanced Business Machines - A Typewriter repair company that holds tons of useful information about Typewriters. They must have gone out of business or something.
 * Typewriters Illustrated Encyclopedia - 2005-2013 - Every typewriter ever, with pictures.
 * Typewriter Restoration Site
 * Jay Respler’s Geocities Page