1972 IBM Selectric Composer #5016537
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Ted Munk (munk)
Created: 05-21-2015 at 11:04PM
Last Edit: 01-31-2023 at 10:04PM
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Description:
Picked up for $20, works well after a good cleaning, mechanically sound. Rotate needs adjusted, but I think I can handle that.
Model 6251, outfitted with interface for Mag Tape console output. Possibly was originally sold as an MT/SC unit.
Named "Mothra", this Composer is now the breakout star of the "This Typecast Brought to You By The Letters..." series.
Typeface Specimen:
Links:
- This Typecast Brought to You by the Letters: UN-10-L
- This Typecast Brought to You by the Letters: BA-11-M
- This Typecast Brought to You by the Letters: P-11-M
- This Typecast Brought to You by the Letters: AR-10-M
- This Typecast Brought to You by the Letters: T-11-B
- This Typecast Brought to You by the Letters: J-11-BI
- This Typecast Brought to You by the Letters: CN-6-M
- This Typecast Brought to You by the Letters: BA-9-I
- This Typecast Brought to You by the Letters: UN-11-L
- This Typecast Brought to You by the Letters: AR-8-M
- This Typecast Brought to You by the Letters: CG-6-M
- Inspiration and more reports from the 8th Phoenix Type-In: Brought to you by the Letters PR-10-M
- Cyber Monday 30%+15% off TRBs, Plus Mothra Comes Back To The Desk
- Possibly the most convoluted, obtuse and pointlessly time-consuming method for typecasting ever devised by a Typospherian! :D
- This Typecast Brought to You by the Letters: J-8-M
- This Typecast Brought to You by the Letters: P-8-M
- The Prism of the Mind
- This Typecast Brought to You by the Letters: CN-6-B & CN-6-M
- Fun With Rub-On Letters & Mothra in The EDCN!
Photos:
Hunter: Ted Munk (munk)
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I am a scoundrel without a cause, and my swank outshines the sun.
I am a casual Typewriter Hunter residing in the sweltering deserts of Arizona with a wife, three cats and about 50 typewriters. My main hunting ground is thrift stores, and I rarely pay more than $10 for a machine. My collection consists mainly of portables with cases, and they stay in the cases unless I am actively using it (usually more than one at a time). I do, however keep a handful of interesting Selectrics, including a Composer and a couple of large Nakajima Electronics to use as daisywheel printers for my vintage laptop collection.
RESEARCH NOTE: When researching the IBM Selectric Composer on a computer with lots of screen real estate, you may find that launching the IBM Serial Number page and the IBM Selectric Composer By Model/Year/Serial page in new browser windows can give you interesting perspectives on changes throughout the model series.
