On July 31, 1961 -- fifty years ago this coming weekend -- IBM's groundbreaking new typewriter went on sale. The IBM Selectric reinvented the typewriter by introducing the typeball, a spherical metal ...
The Selectric is still considered one of the most dramatic improvements in the typewriter space, thanks to its "golf ball" head. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has ...
Imagine all of the waiting rooms and typing classes it's seen in its half-century on earth. IBM this week is celebrating the 50th birthday of its best-selling Selectric line of office typewriters.