IBM Wheelwriter/Sources
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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
