saila, to UX
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Such a great example of how truly innovative design benefits from deep evolutionary transformation not simply radical revolution

By keeping the #typewriter's #UX the same while also improving the usability and delivering more stable and more valuable features for the user, #EliotNoyes designed a product that was better for everyone involved — including #IBM which could now sell a new, custom experience exclusively to its customers

#IBMSelectric #Selectric #innovation

https://www.core77.com/posts/126253/IBMs-Ingenious-Solution-for-a-Typewriter-with-Swappable-Fonts

Cloudscout, to IBM

I only got one of the two . This one was manufactured in 1969.

Cloudscout, to IBM

I don't need these. Tell me not to buy these.

itnewsbot, to retrocomputing
@itnewsbot@schleuss.online avatar

Selectric Typewriter Goes from Trash Can to Linux Terminal - If there’s only lesson to be learned from [alnwlsn]’s conversion of an IBM Selectr... - https://hackaday.com/2023/07/25/selectric-typewriter-goes-from-trash-can-to-linux-terminal/ #retrocomputing #whiffletree #interposer #selectric #solenoid #teletype #terminal #rs-232 #linux #ibm #tty

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