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Offline bhtooefr

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« on: Tue, 28 June 2011, 13:53:03 »
Looking around online, I stumbled upon an audio+slide series on repairing the Selectric, done in 1978. The slides and audio cassettes had been digitized, but it was a simple, drop the slides in some folders, drop the audio into another folder, job.

What I've been working on is converting those to videos for upload to YouTube.

This is a huge, huge job, but someone's gotta do it. ;)

I'm currently working on section 1A, which will be 15 parts long. As of this posting, I've got 6 parts uploaded.

So, here's part 1 of section 1A:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcl1jczxvRo

All of the later parts will be linked sequentially from there. I'll also make playlists for each section.
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Offline Pylon

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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 28 June 2011, 16:08:52 »
Nice. I have a gummy Selectric III that needs some work, so it will be appreciated.
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Offline ironman31

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« Reply #2 on: Sat, 02 July 2011, 09:25:18 »
I also have a selectric II I would like to restore
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Offline bhtooefr

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« Reply #3 on: Sat, 02 July 2011, 10:26:11 »
Ironically (given that I'm posting the repair series), I'm sending mine to someone for a full refurbishment - I don't have a good way to work with stuff outside, and it needs some parts replaced.
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Offline EverythingIBM

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« Reply #4 on: Mon, 04 July 2011, 02:53:30 »
So do people actually use selectrics for serious work? Or is it just some novelty?
I like the idea of print-as-you-type though. Mistakes? Don't make them.
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Offline Daniel Beaver

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« Reply #5 on: Mon, 04 July 2011, 03:35:32 »
Oh damn, I'm in love.

Only one of my three Selectrics works very well. Time to get busy.
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