The most radically redesigned typewriter since the introduction of the first practical electric model 40 years ago was put on sale last week by International Business Machines. The product of ten years' work by IBM's engineering staff and Industrial Designer Eliot Noyes, the new machine types faster and is far simpler to handle than conventional models, which IBM hopefully predicts will soon be as obsolete as quill pens.
The "Selectric," as it is called, is shaped like an ordinary typewriter, but its carriage does not move, nor do the keys extend into levers...
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