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== 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 == | == Patents == | ||
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* [[patent:US4842428|US4842428 - Electronic typewriter with spell checking and correction: Brother]] | * [[patent:US4842428|US4842428 - Electronic typewriter with spell checking and correction: Brother]] | ||
* [[patent:US3924722|US3924722 - Typewriter with electronic keyboard: Cpt Corp]] | * [[patent:US3924722|US3924722 - Typewriter with electronic keyboard: Cpt Corp]] | ||
* [[patent:US4523868|US4523868 - IBM Wheelwriter Ribbon]] - Apparently also used by Panasonic due to it’s ubiquity. | |||
== Manuals == | == Manuals == | ||
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* [https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/modelb/modelb_milestone2.html IBM - Typewriter History Milestones, after 1970] | * [https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/modelb/modelb_milestone2.html IBM - Typewriter History Milestones, after 1970] | ||
* [http://www.etypewriters.com/history.htm eTypewriters - IBM Typewriter History] | * [http://www.etypewriters.com/history.htm eTypewriters - IBM Typewriter History] | ||
== Images == | |||
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/2gbzqq/found_and_ibm_wheelwriter_2_at_the_thrift_store/ IBM Personal Wheelwriter 2] - The promotional sticker is still attached to this one. A rare look. | |||
* [http://s641.photobucket.com/user/twddave/media/sixth%20batch/039_zps7bea7d8f.jpg.html Blue Wheelwriter 5] - [https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/golfballtypewritershop/conversations/topics/4397 Forum] - A rare blue Wheelwriter 5? The owner must have just painted it to match his IBM Selectric. | |||
== Advertisements == | |||
* [https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/golfballtypewritershop/conversations/topics/1793 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. | |||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130516030051/http://pwp.paetec.net/~jrespler/typewriters.html Typewriters Illustrated Encyclopedia] - [https://web.archive.org/web/20050507002535*/http://uweb.superlink.net/~jrespler/ 2005-2013] - Every typewriter ever, with pictures. | |||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020805204024/http://www.mmworks.nl/tr/trhome.html Typewriter Restoration Site] | |||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091026192122/http://geocities.com/jayrespler2/ Jay Respler’s Geocities Page] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:30, 10 October 2016
Communities[edit]
- Reddit /r/typewriters
Golf Ball Typewriters Yahoo Group[edit]
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[edit]
Most of these have expired by now, 20 years after invention.
IBM Hardware[edit]
IBM Software[edit]
- 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[edit]
Other Manufacturers[edit]
- 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[edit]
Typewriter Models[edit]
Images[edit]
- 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[edit]
Recovered Archives[edit]
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
