I sometimes think of the lonely (and now likely extinct) IBM Selectric Repairman. The repairman did a terrific job—he repaired the typewriter quickly and efficiently.

That's a big mantle for a typewriter. But when we asked readers for their stories about the IBM Selectric typewriter, arguably Lexington's most famous product, that's what they said about it.

Anderson Business Technology can service everything from IBM Selectric IIs and IBM Lexmark Personal Wheelwriters to Olympia manual typewriters and vintage 1940 Royal models.

Does anyone know of a repair shop that can service an IBM Selectric typewriter? Please pass the information on. Know I am not the only person with that problem." ...

Ah, the beautiful Selectric. My pre-IT-career ambitions started in high school when I took a typing class and was assigned to one of the Selectrics over the numerous manual typewriters in the room ...

Ray Wargnier, who owns Business Machines Center, with some old IBM Selectric typewriters he sells and refurbishes for people still into typing. Woodland Hills, CA. Sept. 9, 2015. (Photo by John ...

Smith, better known as "Smitty," opened his shop in 1967, after working several years as a repair technician for major typewriter companies, including IBM and Dromgooles, which now sells fine ...

For most of us, the clickety clack of a manual typewriter — or the gentler tapping of the IBM Selectric — are but memories, if we’ve heard them at all. But at the few remaining ...

It was a typewriter with balls — literally. Before the modern miracle of the word processor, no self-respecting secretary could live without an IBM Selectric typewriter, with its revolutionary ...