Typowriter…er, typewriter, that isWe all make typing mistakes, but in today’s world, a

Typowriter…er, typewriter, that is

We all make typing mistakes, but in today’s world, a swift backspace rights all wrongs. In the typewriter era, you were stuck with your typos—until 1964, when the IBM Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter was developed. Using the latest assembly techniques, IBMers created a magnetic tape system for storing characters, bringing about the first analog word-processor device. The power it gave typists to correct their mistakes was a game-changer.