If there’s only lesson to be learned from [alnwlsn]’s conversion of an IBM Selectric typewriter into a serial terminal for Linux, it’s that we’ve been hanging around the wrong garbage cans.

Instead of installing switches underneath every key or futzing about with the weird mechanics of a Selectric typewriter, [Russell] is only installing a touch-sensitive position sensor into the ...

Introduced in 1961 by IBM, the Selectric was the first typewriter to use a golf ball-like type element that moved across the paper, rather than moving the paper carriage past the individual ...

The 1960s weren’t just about rock ‘n’ roll and Vietnam War protests; they were also the birthplace of cutting-edge ...

Popular in the 1980s, Diablo printers produced print quality similar to IBM's Selectric typewriters. Non-Diablo printers emulated the Diablo command set. See Selectric typewriter. THIS DEFINITION ...