[Elecraft] Weird or wierd - OT

[Don Wilhelm]

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.