ot; ibm selectric

[scaredyclassic]

i ahve a strong impulse to get vintage 1980s ibm selectric typewriter. I have some things i want to write and the computer just isnt cutting it. i need a selectric. i had a beauty back in 82. never shouldve let it go. it’s way more productive than any computer because it has no distraction.

does anyone have a spare selectric?

[scaredyclassic]

Also my 286 monochrome monitor computer with word perfect 5.1 will do

[Coronita]

You reminded me of a few things that I misplaced at my home:

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I can’t seem to get linux to work on any of them….

Also, check out my killer gaming consoles…..

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Works great in high definition…

You come over Scaredy, and I’ll kick your arse in Combat!

[FlyerInHi]

You can get a clickity clack keyboard that mimic the old IBM keyboards.

I took typing class in high school on a Selectric. At that time few guys took typing.

Glad I did. Knowing how to type properly is a godsend in a world where computer savvy is critical.

[scaredyclassic]

i must have the selectric as my word processor. im thinking everything went downhill for me once i got a computer in the late 80s.

[scaredyclassic]

IBM Selectric
by Charles Bukowski
humming,
it will do almost anything you
ask it to do.
humming
beneath its smooth gray paint
the machine
knows.
even death stands back and
asks, “what the hell is
this?”
humming,
it astonishes the walls, the
windows, the cats, the ashtray,
the wooden Buddha and
me.
this machine can save my life.
this machine *has* saved my
life.
this machine can create a woman
more beautiful than
any you have ever seen
or
it can
punch a bully in the
nose.
humming,
this machine is
love found again
in a flood of 
fire.
this machine is
a dance floor
a wild circus
a refuge for the
nearly insane.
this machine
sprouts tiny flowers of courage
in the middle of the night.
this machine
throws off sparks of light
when the dark is as dark as
dark can get.
when I recognize
the futility of my
efforts,
when I feel
age like the blade of death,
when I feel
like jumping out of the window
at 2 a.m.
this machine
this amazing machine
stands between me 
and that
as it creates
magical poems on
8 1/2 by 11
sheets of paper
which 
literally save
my poor
ass.
this old electric
typewriter
that sounds like
a
washing
machine.

[CA renter]

Since you’ve brought this up, scaredy, something that has long bothered me is the inability to fill out forms using a typewriter/computer. (Being a non-techie, if someone knows how to do this, please share!) Are we supposed to fill everything in by hand now?

We had an old typewriter some years ago that we kept around just for this, but it became almost impossible to get ribbons and other parts for it. I really do miss those old typewriters.

OTOH, I remember typing up reports on typewriters. Teachers would have a maximum number of white-outs, and if you went over that, you’d have to type up a whole new page. I was so excited to finally get an old word processor in the mid-late 80s with a floppy drive.

Something like this:

It was so exciting to finally have a way to type things up without having to manually re-type every single page that needed editing!

[Casca]

SC,

Have I got a deal for you! She’s red, and very well kept with all her font balls. $40 and she’s yours. I’ll even throw in some print ribbons.

Casca

[scaredyclassic]

Ooh. I have an eBay bid ending shortly. But this sounds intriguing

[scaredyclassic]

the way it is now,” by Charles Bukowski from Open All Night (Black Sparrow Press).
the way it is now
I’ll tell you
I’ve lived with some gorgeous women
and I was so bewitched by those
beautiful creatures that
my eyebrows twitched.
but I’d rather drive to New York
backwards
than to live with any of them
again.
the next classic stupidity
will be the history
of those fellows
who inherit my female
legacies.
in their case
as in mine
they will find
that madness
is caused by not
being often enough
alone.

[Author]

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