Artifact Details

Description

Object consists of Selectric unit and Reader unit, attached together with cable. Scratched into the left front corner of the Selectic unit is "Everett." Also included is a small bag of attachment parts.

IBM website notes, "In April, 1973, IBM introduced the IBM Mag Card II Typewriter, the first of its magnetic media typewriters to employ solid state technology. The IBM Mag Card II features an electronic memory which holds up to 8,000 typewritten characters or about two-and-a-half average length pages of information. Once entered into memory, information may be recorded on one of 50 magnetic cards at 200 characters per second. The magnetic card machine adds a new degree of flexibility to the preparation of business correspondence and such documents as reports, proposals, technical specifications and statistical typing. The typewriter also has a new erase mechanism which simultaneously removes typing mistakes from memory and the typewritten page."

Date

1973

Manufacturer

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

Identifying Numbers

Model number	6616
Other number	95-3364614	Scratched into the case below the keys.
Other number	D 217.106	Patent number

Dimensions

Reader unit: 26 in x 12 in x 18 3/4 in; Selectric unit: 12 in x 23 in x 15 1/4 in

Category

Fixed-application digital computer/word processor

Credit

Gift of Pam Nollkamper

Lot Number

X3206.2006