In 1956, IBM built a typewriter factory off of New Circle Road, where it would manufacture the Selectric typewriter.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The hypnotic rhythm of an old manual typewriter going clack-clack-clack-clack-ping! clack-clack-clack-clack-ping! is like a long-ago song that Montgomery's William Lee never tires ...

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A few other characteristics came to mind that also help set it apart: I don't know if it was the first, or not, but something that might not be immediately obvious to some is that the Selectric had ...

As I sat staring at my keyboard this morning wondering what to write about, it dawned on me: my keyboard! Or more specifically, typewriters. Having somehow made it to an age where Medicare is a card ...

The day was going badly for Alberto Jiménez Ramírez. Very badly. The handyman had done his job. He'd hammered and patched and scraped. But the paymaster at the Health Ministry was demanding half a ...