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Offline y11971alex

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Selectric profile
« on: Sat, 01 October 2016, 16:25:19 »
What's the profile of the IBM Selectric called?  :D
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Offline SpecTP

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Re: Selectric profile
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 05 October 2016, 15:35:41 »
I believe they are 'SA' profile
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Offline zslane

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Re: Selectric profile
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 05 October 2016, 16:15:00 »
I don't know what IBM called the family of spherical keycaps they used on their Selectric models over the years, but it probably wasn't "SA". If it was, that would be an amazing coincidence.

We need a hardcore IBM historian to find the answer to this question.
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