IBM Selectric typewriter

popular line of typewriters from IBM

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
typewriter model, model series[2]
Subclass of
electric typewriter, desktop typewriter[4][5]
Commercialization date
July 31, 1961[6]
Manufacturer
IBM[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en IBM Selectric typewriter de IBM Selectric fr machine à écrire IBM Selectric hi आईबीएम सेलेक्ट्रिक ja IBMセレクトリック ja IBMセレクトリックタイプライタ zh IBM Selectric打字機 zh IBM电选打字机
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Image (Wikimedia Commons)
IBM Selectric.jpg ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/Selectric-Typewriter
Freebase ID
/m/0fmnx
Museum-digital tag ID
96489

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IBM Selectric typewriter is a typewriter model[1].

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