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thegeekgroup.org - Ages ago we took apart a typewriter that used a daisy wheel instead of typebars, and hoped to get our hands on a ball-type model to take apart as well! Watch as Chris digs into an IBM Selectric, a typewriter design so influential it changed the office industry!
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03:25 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric_typewriter
www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/selectric
15:21 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII
34:05 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clevis_fastener
44:31 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Grande_Vitesse
47:00 uspto.gov
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thegeekgroup.org - Ages ago we took apart a typewriter that used a daisy wheel instead of typebars, and hoped to get our hands on a ball-type model to take apart as well! Watch as Chris digs into an IBM Selectric, a typewriter design so influential it changed the office industry!
Like our videos? Consider supporting them through Patreon! patreon.com/thegeekgroup
Video Links:
03:25 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric_typewriter
www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/selectric
15:21 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII
34:05 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clevis_fastener
44:31 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Grande_Vitesse
47:00 uspto.gov
Music by Soundtakt.
Subscribe for more equipment autopsies, explosions, science videos and general geek related awesomeness.
Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, The Geek Group provides access to science, technology, engineering and math by developing programming and facilities for individuals and institutions to learn, explore, innovate and play at an independent pace according to their needs. The Geek Group has many thousands of members scattered across the globe, in every state in the US and one hundred and forty-two countries. Come help us build Awesome!
