Anyone ever try to type on an IBM Selectric? The one where the letters are all different widths? Be careful you don’t backspace fewer times than you should when erasing and then start typing again. A lower-case I was like one space but a W was like five.
In my interview for my first job I was asked if could use one. I didn’t even know what it was but said yes.
When I went to the YWCA to look for one, aha, it was there. I practiced on that for the whole two weeks before my job started. The teacher kindly kept everyone else away from it by telling them Miss So-and-So has a job starting next Monday!
Thanks for the memories.
The IBM Selectric was the typewriter that used a little golf ball sized thing to make the print.
You are talking about the IBM Executive. It had variable spacing depending on the width of the letter. The i and l had 1 or 2 units and the m had 5. Not a pleasant machine to use.