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["Wendy" <crazygardens AT nationi.net>]

Linda,
You are right.  The company I worked for in the late 70's and 80's had these 
older Selectrics that had been at the company long before I started. We had 
special balls that substituted the common superscripts for some of the less 
common keys like the ~, ^, and * were replaced with superscript th, st, nd.  
There were other substitutions also, but I was not a secretary, so I didn't 
use them much and don't remember.  I just know that whenever I tried to use 
the ^ key when typing an equation, I needed to cuss, change the ball and get 
the white-out.
Wendy
 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lynda 
  To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 2:22 AM
  Subject: Re: [Homestead] Our Maximum Leader's real military record


  You don't now squat about typewriters!  The IBM Composer, which is what you
  are referring to wouldn't have produced that memo.  Not without a lot of
  work.

  the IBM Selectrics, possibly the Mag Cards and probably the Executive could
  have and all were readily available during that time period.  AND, they
  didn't cost $3500 like the Composer.

  Furthermore, it is patently obvious that you aren't a typist!  Superscript
  and subscript were a whiz with those old Selectrics.  Half spacing wasn't a
  problem either.  Centering is something any first year typist in any high
  school could have done back then!

  Lynda
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: <DSanner106 AT aol.com>
  To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 4:27 PM
  Subject: Re: [Homestead] Our Maximum Leader's real military record


  > Experts, in this field, it would appear are dangerous ignorant!
  > You do realize that no selectric ball, could have produced those
  documents??
  > The only IBM capable of producing that in 1973 had been on the market 2
  > months, and was used for typesetting, not office use. Only a handful were
  in the
  > market and would have a cost in the thousands in todays dollars. No
  backwoods
  > national guard office would have had this, and certainly the author, 18
  months
  > discharged at this point, didn't have one at home in his basement.
  >
  >
  > Fake and you know it.
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