Originally Posted by
Arthurrs
I lugged an IBM Selectric to college, however it was so heavy it certainly wouldn't be something I take with me when flying. Fortunately I had a car and it fit in the trunk with all my other stuff. I think I still have it somewhere in my basement!! Built like a tank!
Those IBM Selectrics are h-e-a-v-y. I just had the example at my elderly father's house "serviced" (basically cleaned and filled with fresh oil). A fully loaded 1980s Selectric III in peacock blue.
I don't know if I was more surprised that my father still types from time to time (personal checks and unpublishable screeds to the editor of the local broadsheet; he is not "online") or that there is still a full-service typewriter repairman in Kansas City. He told me he is among the last IBM-authorized repairmen in the nation and will be retiring soon. He still fixes two or three Selectrics per week,