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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: nathanscribe on Mon, 06 June 2011, 14:10:53

Title: IBM Selectric as keybaord for the Wang 1220
Post by: nathanscribe on Mon, 06 June 2011, 14:10:53

Smashing!  Makes my recently-upgraded-to DOS 6.22 machine look like the future.

Which it is.

I bet he just uses it for some primitive form of Minesweeper anyway...

Title: IBM Selectric as keybaord for the Wang 1220
Post by: Pylon on Mon, 06 June 2011, 15:38:24

1. I tried cleaning a Selectric III a few weeks ago. The foam is disgusting. It's this sticky goop that gets everywhere. Think of it as super sticky sponge cake.

2. The foam on my Model F 5291-2 (currently in pieces) is just fine.

Title: IBM Selectric as keybaord for the Wang 1220
Post by: Pylon on Mon, 06 June 2011, 15:39:24

Also slightly OT, but if I wanted to give my gummed up/sticky Selectric III a solvent bath, which solvent should I use?