Editing 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 ===

* [[patent:US5000592|US5000592 - Envelope addressing format feature for electronic typewriters]]

=== IBM Software ===

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

=== Lexmark ===

* [[patent:US5038279|US5038279 - Direct hot-keying with reset of printer parameters for a secondary application including a typewriter emulator]]

=== Other Manufacturers ===

* [[patent:US4842428|US4842428 - Electronic typewriter with spell checking and correction: Brother]]
* [[patent:US3924722|US3924722 - Typewriter with electronic keyboard: Cpt Corp]]

== Manuals ==

* [http://support.lexmark.com/index?page=content&id=SO4998&userlocale=EN_US&segment=SUPPORT Lexmark - Official Product Manuals for IBM/Lexmark Wheelwriter Typewriters]

== Typewriter Models ==

* [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]
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 * [[patent:US4842428|US4842428 - Electronic typewriter with spell checking and correction: Brother]]
 * [[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 ==
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 * [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]
-== 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]