Ted,
Until I got my EE Degree, I was a technician in IBM's Typewriter
division, and I worked on customer's premises for Selectrics as well as
typebar machines (and dictating equipment).
I can tell you that there was never a "blur" character on the typeball,
nor a "blur key" on the keyboard for any of the machines. There WAS a
lot of talk about it in certain circles, and a desire on the part of
many operators for such a blur key.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 5/22/2018 4:50 PM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
When the IBM Selectric was the top of the line in the 60s and 70s, a rumor went around
that there was available on the aftermarket a character ball with a "blur key."
It would imprint on the page what looked like an accidental illegible smudge. To avoid
making an embarrassing mistake with the i and the e, one could just hit the blur key
twice. I don't know if the rumor was true or baloney (bologna?), but it was a classy
idea.
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