-
Selectric had a chrome-plated
plastic "element" (frequently
called a "
typeball", or less formally, a "golf ball") that
rotated and
pivoted to the correct...
- position. Due to the
physical similarity, the
typeball was
sometimes referred to as a "golfball". The
typeball design had many advantages,
especially the...
-
series to have
exchangeable fonts on
typeball. To
avoid IBM's
patents Olivetti made
everything different, so the
typeball does not
rotate horizontally, but...
-
Typeball print element from IBM Selectric-type printer...
- IBM
Selectric typewriter uses a
mechanical digital-to-analog
converter to
control its
typeball....
-
around the edge of a wheel, and "golf ball" (the po****r
informal name for "
typeball", as used in the IBM
Selectric typewriter)
printers where the type is distributed...
- "PTT/EBCD coding".
These refer to the
positioning of the
characters around the
typeball and, therefore, the tilt/rotate
codes that have to be
applied to the mechanism...
- ball may also
refer to: Golf Ball, a
painting by the Roy
Lichtenstein A
typeball introduced with the IBM
Selectric typewriter The 'Golf Balls', nickname...
- ⊥, and ¢
characters which can be
found on the IBM 2741
keyboard with
typeball (or golf ball)
print heads inserted (such as the APL golf ball). These...
- The list of IBM
products is a
partial list of products, services, and
subsidiaries of
International Business Machines (IBM)
Corporation and its predecessor...
