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<text id=90TT1999>
<title>
July 30, 1990: Business Notes:Typewriters
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
July 30, 1990 Mr. Germany
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 52
Business Notes
TYPEWRITERS
Once High, Now Low
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<body>
<p> Nearly 30 years ago, IBM revolutionized the office workplace
when it introduced the Selectric electric typewriter. The
premier symbol of the high-tech office of the future, the
Selectric used plug-in cartridges, instead of messy ink
ribbons, and replaced the sliding carriage and keys with a
rotating typing golf ball. Since 1961, IBM has sold some 13
million Selectrics, making it the best-selling machine in the
company's 76-year history.
</p>
<p> Yesterday's high tech, though, is today's low tech. The
Selectric lost much of its luster in recent years when
secretaries switched to word processors and personal computers.
As a result, IBM is putting its typewriter business on the
auction block. The most prominently mentioned buyer: Clayton
& Dubilier, an investment firm. Says Kenneth Camarro, an
office-automation consultant: "IBM has read the writing on the
wall." And the writing didn't come from a Selectric.
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</body>
</article>
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