Madre de Dios. A Redditor just asked for help identifying this obscure object.
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Madre de Dios. A Redditor just asked for help identifying this obscure object.
In my day, AI was a Selectric typewriter compared to a Smith Corona
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
In my day, AI was a Selectric typewriter compared to a Smith Corona
Now I wish I had a manual transmission car just so I could mount an IBM Selectric type element as the shift knob.
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Now I wish I had a manual transmission car just so I could mount an IBM Selectric type element as the shift knob.
Climate activists have been arguing for years that the energy transition was not only crisis, but an opportunity.
Looks like they were right all along and the IBM Selectric vendors were wrong.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
Looks like they were right all along and the IBM Selectric vendors were wrong.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Climate activists have been arguing for years that the energy transition was not only crisis, but an opportunity.
Looks like they were right all along and the IBM Selectric vendors were wrong.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
Looks like they were right all along and the IBM Selectric vendors were wrong.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
In my day that was state of the art, crucible of the IBM Selectric, if you got to type on one of those babies you *had* to be living off of somebody’s high hog.
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In my day that was state of the art, crucible of the IBM Selectric, if you got to type on one of those babies you *had* to be living off of somebody’s high hog.
IBM Selectric typewriters have appeared in countless movies and TV shows, but no individual machine will ever be seen as many times as Stephen J. Cannell’s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV3s...
All of the Stephen J Cannell Logos
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November 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
IBM Selectric typewriters have appeared in countless movies and TV shows, but no individual machine will ever be seen as many times as Stephen J. Cannell’s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV3s...
kay that officially seals it. I am an old.
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
kay that officially seals it. I am an old.
You know what? I have a Letter Gothic typeball from a Selectric that I bought to turn into a keyboard a few years back.
It's yours for free if you want it, just let me know how to get it to you.
It's yours for free if you want it, just let me know how to get it to you.
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
You know what? I have a Letter Gothic typeball from a Selectric that I bought to turn into a keyboard a few years back.
It's yours for free if you want it, just let me know how to get it to you.
It's yours for free if you want it, just let me know how to get it to you.
I would take the cover off the IBM Selectric typewriter because I loved seeing how fast it could fling this damn thing at a piece of paper. And that hum felt like you had charged up a transformer. We used to have MACHINES.
Madre de Dios. A Redditor just asked for help identifying this obscure object.
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I would take the cover off the IBM Selectric typewriter because I loved seeing how fast it could fling this damn thing at a piece of paper. And that hum felt like you had charged up a transformer. We used to have MACHINES.
#NowWatching: Today's documentary. Mavis didn't teach my how to type--that was the IBM Selectric in Typing class--but she definitely helped me improve.
#Documentary #DocumentarySky #MavisBeacon #SeekingMavisBeacon
#Documentary #DocumentarySky #MavisBeacon #SeekingMavisBeacon
November 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
#NowWatching: Today's documentary. Mavis didn't teach my how to type--that was the IBM Selectric in Typing class--but she definitely helped me improve.
#Documentary #DocumentarySky #MavisBeacon #SeekingMavisBeacon
#Documentary #DocumentarySky #MavisBeacon #SeekingMavisBeacon
I fucking love the electromechanical design of the IBM selectric, even if It sounds like 2 roombas having vagina sex (forgot the term). I should really put new foam so it doesn't sound like that.
November 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I fucking love the electromechanical design of the IBM selectric, even if It sounds like 2 roombas having vagina sex (forgot the term). I should really put new foam so it doesn't sound like that.
Another bonus is that phones can do slow mo video now so you can easily show them how the selectric actually works. And even then it still look fast, lol
October 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Another bonus is that phones can do slow mo video now so you can easily show them how the selectric actually works. And even then it still look fast, lol
The selectric is such an incredible machine.
October 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The selectric is such an incredible machine.
"This use of punctuation is a tell for AI!"
Look, I've been using em dashes since I had to type them as two hyphens on a Selectric. If your AI uses some of my punctuation faves, maybe it's because it was trained on work stolen from writers.
P.S. And we're still better at writing.
Look, I've been using em dashes since I had to type them as two hyphens on a Selectric. If your AI uses some of my punctuation faves, maybe it's because it was trained on work stolen from writers.
P.S. And we're still better at writing.
October 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"This use of punctuation is a tell for AI!"
Look, I've been using em dashes since I had to type them as two hyphens on a Selectric. If your AI uses some of my punctuation faves, maybe it's because it was trained on work stolen from writers.
P.S. And we're still better at writing.
Look, I've been using em dashes since I had to type them as two hyphens on a Selectric. If your AI uses some of my punctuation faves, maybe it's because it was trained on work stolen from writers.
P.S. And we're still better at writing.
An IBM Selectric II with the pica serif element.
October 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
An IBM Selectric II with the pica serif element.
WOOF!!! WOOF!!!!! ARF ARF ARF!!!!!!!!!!
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
WOOF!!! WOOF!!!!! ARF ARF ARF!!!!!!!!!!
We used to race to thay class cause we had like 4 Selectric ball machines, and 24 arm types.
Whenever I got a Selectric I would type in a musical cadence from band class..🤭🤩
They sounded like a drum hit *
Whenever I got a Selectric I would type in a musical cadence from band class..🤭🤩
They sounded like a drum hit *
October 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We used to race to thay class cause we had like 4 Selectric ball machines, and 24 arm types.
Whenever I got a Selectric I would type in a musical cadence from band class..🤭🤩
They sounded like a drum hit *
Whenever I got a Selectric I would type in a musical cadence from band class..🤭🤩
They sounded like a drum hit *
Oh Hunter!
You are missed for sure, my brother from another mother!
Hunter S. Thompson aims at his IBM Selectric typewriter, Woody Creek, 1989.
You are missed for sure, my brother from another mother!
Hunter S. Thompson aims at his IBM Selectric typewriter, Woody Creek, 1989.
October 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Oh Hunter!
You are missed for sure, my brother from another mother!
Hunter S. Thompson aims at his IBM Selectric typewriter, Woody Creek, 1989.
You are missed for sure, my brother from another mother!
Hunter S. Thompson aims at his IBM Selectric typewriter, Woody Creek, 1989.
I wrote my first manuscript on this.
Maybe not this EXACT model, but pretty darn close. NOT electric. When I finally got my hands on an IBM Selectric, I was in heaven!
Maybe not this EXACT model, but pretty darn close. NOT electric. When I finally got my hands on an IBM Selectric, I was in heaven!
October 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I wrote my first manuscript on this.
Maybe not this EXACT model, but pretty darn close. NOT electric. When I finally got my hands on an IBM Selectric, I was in heaven!
Maybe not this EXACT model, but pretty darn close. NOT electric. When I finally got my hands on an IBM Selectric, I was in heaven!
since a surprising number of people are showing up on mastodon lately, i'm selectric@tacobelllabs.net -- say hi!
October 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
since a surprising number of people are showing up on mastodon lately, i'm selectric@tacobelllabs.net -- say hi!
Assorted OS-tan / computer-tan sillies. A lot of these come from convos & jokes with friends. (IDs in alt text)
#os-tan #gijinka #computeroc
#os-tan #gijinka #computeroc
October 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Assorted OS-tan / computer-tan sillies. A lot of these come from convos & jokes with friends. (IDs in alt text)
#os-tan #gijinka #computeroc
#os-tan #gijinka #computeroc
An offering for
#TapeBoxTuesday
3M Scotch Cartridge for IBM MT/ST Selectric. The first Word Processor
1964 - 1983
Tape spools out of Cart, winds back when done. 100’ of 1/2” Tape
Has Sprocket Holes & Stop ID hole
Stored 25 KB Data - yep, not a typo. Enough storage for 20ish letters
#TapeBoxTuesday
3M Scotch Cartridge for IBM MT/ST Selectric. The first Word Processor
1964 - 1983
Tape spools out of Cart, winds back when done. 100’ of 1/2” Tape
Has Sprocket Holes & Stop ID hole
Stored 25 KB Data - yep, not a typo. Enough storage for 20ish letters
September 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
An offering for
#TapeBoxTuesday
3M Scotch Cartridge for IBM MT/ST Selectric. The first Word Processor
1964 - 1983
Tape spools out of Cart, winds back when done. 100’ of 1/2” Tape
Has Sprocket Holes & Stop ID hole
Stored 25 KB Data - yep, not a typo. Enough storage for 20ish letters
#TapeBoxTuesday
3M Scotch Cartridge for IBM MT/ST Selectric. The first Word Processor
1964 - 1983
Tape spools out of Cart, winds back when done. 100’ of 1/2” Tape
Has Sprocket Holes & Stop ID hole
Stored 25 KB Data - yep, not a typo. Enough storage for 20ish letters
There is a non-zero chance that any IBM Selectric II you obtain may have a soviet listening device in it.
September 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
There is a non-zero chance that any IBM Selectric II you obtain may have a soviet listening device in it.
Sadly, the script, written by Altman, Frank Barhydt and Paul Dooley, was very weird. I know because I typed the screenplay on an IBM Selectric typewriter in one of the two penthouses. Many years later, President Ronald Reagan saw it at Camp David and called it "the world's worse movie."
September 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Sadly, the script, written by Altman, Frank Barhydt and Paul Dooley, was very weird. I know because I typed the screenplay on an IBM Selectric typewriter in one of the two penthouses. Many years later, President Ronald Reagan saw it at Camp David and called it "the world's worse movie."
"Hacktrick - A 33 key Selectric keyboard : r/MechanicalKeyboards"
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Hacktrick - A 33 key Selectric keyboard
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January 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"Hacktrick - A 33 key Selectric keyboard : r/MechanicalKeyboards"
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