You cannot imagine how high tech looking those 'IBM ball' typewriters were when they came out. Nobody called them selectric. I remember when all the administr

You cannot imagine how high tech looking those 'IBM ball' typewriters were when they came out. Nobody called them selectric. I remember when all the administrative staff got them at our school. When I got to high school we wanted them for the school newspaper but got rejected. We were told they were a 'serious tool' and far too expensive for mere schoolchildren to be able to use.