https://www.typewriter.wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=IBM 2026-05-03T19:39:50Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.34.2 https://www.typewriter.wiki/index.php?title=IBM&diff=1400&oldid=prev 2025-08-15T01:00:51Z

<p>Fix the wheelwriter description which was just a duplicate of the III section</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:00, 15 August 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l14" >Line 14:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 14:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| [[Electronic Typewriter]] || 1980 - || Made to compete with the smarter offerings from IBM's competitors. This machine did not last long as it was based around the Selectric III and quickly replaced by the Wheelwriter.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| [[Electronic Typewriter]] || 1980 - || Made to compete with the smarter offerings from IBM's competitors. This machine did not last long as it was based around the Selectric III and quickly replaced by the Wheelwriter.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|-</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|-</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| [[Wheelwriter]] || 1984 - || <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">More cost conscious </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">generally worse than it's predecessor</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>| [[Wheelwriter]] || 1984 - || <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">No more golf ball instead a type-wheel </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">some actual signs of intelligence</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|-</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|-</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|}</div></td></tr> </table>

Fir3Chi3f https://www.typewriter.wiki/index.php?title=IBM&diff=1399&oldid=prev 2025-08-11T00:07:36Z

<p>Created page with &quot;Most well known for the creation of the Selectric series of typewriters IBM made machines before and after for using in businesses and government organizations. {| class=&quot;wi...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Most well known for the creation of the Selectric series of typewriters IBM made machines before and after for using in businesses and government organizations.<br /> <br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> |-<br /> ! Name !! Date Range !! Description and Rarity !! -<br /> |-<br /> | [[IBM Selectric|Selectric (I)]] || 1961 - || The first &quot;Golfball&quot; typewriter to set the standard for swappable fonts<br /> |-<br /> | [[Selectric II]] || 1971 - || Much larger, but far more prolific than it's predecessor. <br /> |-<br /> | [[Selectric III]] || 1980 - || More cost conscious and generally worse than it's predecessor. This short-lived iteration was not loved by those who used or supported these machines.<br /> |-<br /> | [[Electronic Typewriter]] || 1980 - || Made to compete with the smarter offerings from IBM's competitors. This machine did not last long as it was based around the Selectric III and quickly replaced by the Wheelwriter.<br /> |-<br /> | [[Wheelwriter]] || 1984 - || More cost conscious and generally worse than it's predecessor.<br /> |-<br /> |}</div>

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