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A fascinating glimpse into the transitional tech - the link between Selectric and Wheelwriter series I never even knew existed. Definitely interesting, probably rare as hen's teeth too.

There's indeed a lot of cleaning to do in those machines - if left there to gather the dust, the grease will turn into gluebricant and make the whole thing sticky or even stuck. I'm in the process of getting my own Selectric III going again, it's gonna take lots and lots of work - but I'm determined to pull that off, learning along the way, reading technical manuals and watching lots of videos from Phoenix Typewriter, IBM instructional films etc. Some parts like the tab escapement mechanism were literally glued together. I had to remove the carrier and put it in an ultrasonic cleaner, then dry, reattach the cables and re-lubricate. The foam stuff is obviously a goner, it was just sticky goo and I wouldn't touch that nastiness without nitrile gloves. You had a nice way of removing it :).

Equipamento bem raro, parabéns.

Thanks for uploading. I have a dead K2500XS project I’m starting.

It's the Velocity Magnet Assembly/Velocity Slider Restore area. IBM No. 10 lubricant is SAE 30 non-detergent oil. IBM No. 23 is Mobilgrease #28 which is a synthetic grease. Lithium grease which I see you have here, always dries out. But you probably know that by now.

Omg its the ultimate drone playground

Personally, since I just bought an IBM 95 Electronic Typewriter which was stored for a very long time, I plan to make sure everything is loosened and can be hand cycled easily first. It will also need a new main drive belt as the original has many cracks in the rubber. McMaster-Carr to the rescue.

I want to open my K2500 case and clean it out. I've taken out the screws on of the back, to no avail. Which ones on the bottom? Or is there a trick to taking the top off? Thanks!

this is my favorite music video

Awesome fly through. Thought that bird may want to take you on! Hehe

To fun, your cats looked like they didn't mind. Ours always takes off. Nice flying 👍

I like how it seemed as they were debating on wether or not to stomp the hell out of the drone.

I get it!!! The balcony lol it's tight in there nice proxy flying

You went through the balcony! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Awesome! Nice flying lady, isn't that a fun place? Very well done, your killing it. ❤️👍😉😁

Those Rubik's cube attempts tho. Not bad for a first run!

Do you happen to still have the manuals or a link where to download them?

How do you get access to Keybed?

WONDERFUL MACHINE 👏👏👏👏👏👏👍🏻👍🏻

Hm. U still got those spair & broken Ram's? Would love 2 get my hands on those. Namasté

It's not a glitch. Other drum machines can do polymeter, too, for example the Drum Brute and Drum Brute Impact.

what we really needed was a way to play some zippy fast 808 trap hats... not the ability to do Polyrhythms. Or to use the electronic music term for Polyrhythms, train wrecked beats.

how to fix no sound on keys?

Hey! I have a question if thats ok. When you say you plugged it in and used the scsi2sd utils - was this via mac or pc. I am about to order one and want to check its Mac compatible. I spoke to the company and they were unsure.

What’s the deal with the ancient motorola ?

Polyrhythm>…...

hello would like to know be could you get the potentiometer of the modulation wheel k2500xs? because I'm very difficult to find

What’s with the phone. Lol

so distracted by the old ass cell phone with an 1/4" adaptor. i wanna know what's going on there

Yes............ i wish i was dj Pierre, and i could do the same without the wordz around...... Me, i personally wish i had this 4~4 talent.....,

can i ask HOW on earth you got the control panel off?? i was a bit freaked out by the tape stuff on one end - seemed firmly attached to something below - does it connect to the ribbon controller somehow??

good video thanks. I have a PC88 and I have 4 random keys in the bass register both lower E's, low C and low G#. Took it all apart, cleaned the circuit board as there was some evidence of some fluid being spilled in that register. I used the graphite technique on all the contacts. It's spotless. Turned it back on and same keys not playing. I switched the two ribbons and same issue. Going to do a factory reset. Battery is low so I'm going to replace it. Any suggestions? Thanks very much!

Thanks for this bud.

Sorry for necroing, but I just stumbled upon this. You wouldn't still happen to have this but have no need for it. If so, let me know and maybe we can work something out. Cheers!

I have three typewriters like this one. A model 75, model 85 and model 95. I also have many ribbons, type ball fonts and manuals. Do you have an interest in buying any of this equipment? Please contact me at N62769@gmail.com

If I am getting an Electribe as my first synth workstation, should I get the regular Electribe or the Sampler?

www.change.org/p/tatsuya-takahashi-help-make-a-software-update-for-the-new-electribes-a-priority-for-korg-inc

Cool. I heard they had an OS upgrade. What did it add?

these Selectrics were some of the most sophisticated selectrics ever built because you have the analog guts of a selectric hardwired to a computer. It was IBM's first attempt at an electronic typewriter. It preceeded the wheel writers but I prefer these. The Typing Keyboard is actually a computer keyboard and is not working a mechanical switch to the typewriter but instead telling the computer what to type and the computer types for you. If memory serves IBM Electronic Typewriter 50 and the first few models were prone to issues. These got cleared up more in the later models, Incidently, CODE + Backspace = Backspace without correcting. I agree with what other people have said.. you have to be VERY CAREFUL working on these. The electronics are VERY sensitive and static electricity can wipe the whole thing out quickly. Still this machine was a marvel in it's time.

It's called a Polyrhythm, some other drum machines have it, and could it glitch out due to the amount of voices being used is at max, because what you do to each sound can make it use more than one of the 24 voices

That selectric 3 is like all selectric 3's that are neglected & just needs a good shop cleaning, by a professional, who knows how to deal with ALL the issue's you have brought up. Amateur typewriter technicians will have a slow & probably unsuccessful effort to fix & clean a machine in this condition. Give me 2 hours & EVERYTHING on that machine will work & look Great !! BTW that spring is wrong, yes you can make "homemade" springs work but that one is too weak & will stretch & fail very very soon. You really need an exact diameter & coils winding & tensile strength for it to last more that a week. I have a technique to deal with the old foam, takes 15 minutes I can clean the keyboard & all crud & old insulation & membrane in 10 minute I can fix the Return in 2 minutes I can take the case off in 20 seconds....czcams.com/video/NUEx6oK4NMI/video.html L o n g L i v e the S e l e c t r i c

Nothing you have done will help with fixing that machine ! The Key board has separated, needs to be sent to specialty IBM re-builders. You have spent most you time on superficial, non critical areas. This machine is MORE complicated than the IBM Selectric & those are COMPLICATED ! ! Why oh' Why do Amateurs post video's of things they no nothing about. Professionally trained & 35 years repairing selectrics makes me a expert. Those last little embossed negatives on your video are the chrome letters pealed off of a failing type element/ball. Nothing you can do will improve or fix any problems with this typewriter even with the help of GTS & books, nothing ! !

does thise apply to the electribe 2 (synth not sampler) as well? Thanks

This is so coooooool

i hope this doesn't get patched either , or if they do patch it, implement it into the firmware somehow ...i just hope they support this thing . it seems to have allot of potential and this makes me divided now between the synth based tribe and this one. you should make more videos on your findings!

the cassette, cellphone, and old zoom make me think hes a time traveller.

I was the branch expert in Greenville SC and can repair anything on the IBM model 65 & 95 and would be glad to help you with 30 years of working on Selectrics. Don't wreck that machine by taking it apart if you don''t know what you have done. Contact me by Email at mlscgs@bellsouth.net

Jergling thanks for this awesome upload on replacing these buttons. I have the same keyboard and need to so the same thing. Can you please provide the part number for the micro switches or a link to where I can purchase them. Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the video. I was really hoping you were going to find some way to incorporate that crazy old cell phone in it though.

Cool video, too bad you never made a second episode showing the rest of the gunk in the thing!

cool dude! good work.