IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE USED A SELECTRIC, BUT I REMEMBER THEM BEING POPULAR HERE ON GEEKHACK FOR A WHILE. $25 FOR A WORKING UNIT'S PRETTY CHEAP, SO IF ANY OF YOU ALL ARE IN LONG ISLAND, YOU SHOULD GO GRAB IT.
THE IBM SELECTRIC TYPEWRITERS ARE WHAT THE OLD MODEL M KEYBOARDS WERE ORIGINALLY BASED OFF OF, AND MANY FOLKS HAVE SAID THEY'VE GOT A BETTER FEEL TO THEM. THEY DON'T WORK WITH COMPUTERS THOUGH, SO YOU'LL BE STUCK JUST TYPING LETTERS AND PAPERS WITH 'EM.