March 7, 2014 · 9:30 pm
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IBM in the Ivy League

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Matriculated! Or curated, at any rate…. The Institute of Contemporary Art ( icaphila.org )at the University of Pennsylvania wanted visitors to their 50th Anniversary Exhibition (now through Aug. 17.) to be able to type their thoughts. Left an Olympia SM-9, a massive Olympia SG-1, and an IBM Selectric II to choose from… They went with the Selectric–still period correct, certainly a design classic worthy of the ICA and impossible to jam. Will monitor the scene and see what gets typed….

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One response to “IBM in the Ivy League”

  1. Steve K
    March 11, 2014 at 7:08 am

    Interesting concept. I guess the Selectric is less daunting to type on.

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