As promised after my post on this IBM Selectric character selection demonstration machine, brilliantly put together by Perth's Peter Brill, here is video of it in action (now working properly, I hope ...):
The speed of a normal IBM Selectric in action:
Very cool. The lower machine really gives you a sense of the intricate dance the element does to type letters on a page. It's poetry in motion.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing to see what mechanics are involved in the typing of a single letter! The "guts" of the Selectric work like like a Rube Goldberg creation.
ReplyDeleteFirst video is not available for some reason. Do you have a link to the original?
ReplyDeleteSorry, Bill, and anyone else who had difficulty viewing the videos. I had all sorts of problems loading the videos and keeping them on the post. The blog will only take very short high-res films. I have now loaded two films, one very short at high-res and one much longer at low-res. I hope it is working properly now. Please let me know if it isn't.
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