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IBM Selectric Typewriter & its digital to analogue converter3:05

IBM Selectric Typewriter & its digital to analogue converter

1.1M views • 16 years ago
engineerguy
Bill Hammack of engineerguy uses slow motion video to show how the IBM Selectric typewriter works. He focuses on its fully mechanical digital-to-analog converter, which turns key presses into rotation of the type ball.
APL demonstration 197528:00

APL demonstration 1975

111K views • 13 years ago
Imperial College London
A 1975 live demonstration of the APL language by Imperial College professor Bob Spence, showing a REPL on a modified typewriter terminal and APL's appeal to non-programmers.