csilverman, 6 months ago @saila My dad had one of those! I loved those type balls as a kid, especially the one with Greek lettering; this was the pre-Macintosh era, so being able to type in multiple typefaces was amazing. (My personal favorite story about the Selectric, though, is the one about how the Soviets bugged it with what might have been the first keylogger anyone ever built: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/how-soviets-used-ibm-selectric-keyloggers-to-spy-on-us-diplomats/)
@saila My dad had one of those! I loved those type balls as a kid, especially the one with Greek lettering; this was the pre-Macintosh era, so being able to type in multiple typefaces was amazing.
(My personal favorite story about the Selectric, though, is the one about how the Soviets bugged it with what might have been the first keylogger anyone ever built: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/how-soviets-used-ibm-selectric-keyloggers-to-spy-on-us-diplomats/)