IBM Model 85 Electronic Typewriter

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Uploaded by on Mar 26, 2009

This typewriter came out in 1982. It uses the same elements as the Selectric III.

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  • Can you use this to drown out the sound of a loud neighbor and at the same time drive them nuts?

  • @barf245 Hey, thanks for the great idea. My neighbor lady has a very loud mouth and she runs it all the time, LOL.

  • @jkalin196511 It's always quieter with the hood closed.... I always wanted a IBM 95 but, alas they were too expensive. My IBM Memory 50 and 100 work just fine... :)

  • @Xerox6085I I had a model 95, but the motor was bad on it, and one of my cats must have walked across it and accidentally turned it one while I was at work and when I got home the motor was completely froze up. I liked it better than the Model 85, because it had batter backup for the memory.

  • You can't see it very well because of the reflection, but the tag on the front says Model 85.

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  • @johnrk556 The model 50, 60, and was it 70 or 75 had all kinds of problems with the power module gears. They would crack and even shatter. At the time I think it was $300.00 to have the power module gear set replaced on those. A Systel WP was connected to some of these with a interface card.

  • This is not a 60, I used a 60 for a couple of years at work. Trouble with these machines was they were not reliable. I owned a 50 with proportional until the Wheelwriters came out. My IBM maint. contract dropped from $300 to $75 when I got rid of it! It's why so few have survived and good luck getting them fixed!

  • holy shit i thought you were typing like fucking crazy at first

  • are you sure this isn't the one page memory model number 60??

  • either you hold the title for fastest typer in the galaxy or you have the auto repeat button for it lol

    i have one similar very nice

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