Re: [MV] OFF TOPIC: Draft Dodgers in office

Try actually READING what I posted. The Executive is NOT a Selectric. It was a
conventional typewriter with distinct hammers, NOT WITH A BALL. And it was available
in 1968, because I bought one used in that year. See, for example. :

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Executive_series_typewriter[/url]

NOTE: Proportional spacing !!!!

There were accessories, called "Type-Its" for special characters. A special mounting
fixture was bolted to the key guide of the typewriter. To type a special character,
the appropriate Type-It unit was selected (they came in 3x5 index card boxes,
divided like a mail sorting PO box) and put into the holder on the typewriter and a
typewriter key struck. The special character was struck. I still have and use the
Executive and have the Type-Its. I may even have a 'th' in upper case. There were
hundreds of special characters available.

As to expensive, I've seen tons and tons of IBM typewriters surplus at DRMOs and the
like.

-John

-John

Ryan Gill wrote:
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> At 1:31 PM -0400 9/10/04, J. Forster wrote:[color=green]
> >
> >Actually, there WERE proportional spaced typewriter in that era. The IBM
> >Executive and superscripts were available with 'Type-Its".[/color]
>
> The folks that cracked it:
> [url]http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/007770.php[/url]
> [url]http://www.indcjournal.com/archives/000841.php[/url]
> [url]http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=12526_Bush_Guard_Documents-_Forged[/url]
>
> They discuss the IBM Selectrics as being
> expensive and odd for a ANG office. Further, the
> 'th' in superscript is another sticking point.
> Then there is the issue of the photo copy
> artifacts. I suspect that Dan Rather is going to
> be making a big retraction.[/color]




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