IBM ELECTRONC SELECTRIC COMPOSER (1975)

Last crawled date: 2 years, 6 months ago

In January of 1975, IBM announced their Electronic 'Selectric' Composer, an automated, direct impression composition unit designed for publishing photo-ready copy (for print),. Based on the IBM Selectric Typewriter, this desktop unit had a built-in memory that retained and replayed automatically up to 8,000 characters of typed material. Other features included automatic character justification, automatic print out of columns and reformatting ease with capability of justified, 'rag' right, flush left or virtually any configuration specified. The Electronic 'Selectric' Composer utilized over 125 interchangeable printing fonts in sizes from 3 to 12 point. This model represents one of these IBM Electronic Selectric Composers, with details accessed via Scene Tabs.