Found a IBM Selectric II typewriter in the trash and decided to convert it to connect to a computer. Managed to take a whole bunch of pictures and short videos, so I had to make a full video about it. It's not quite the same as an IO Selectric or IBM 2741 but you're probably not going to find one of those in the trash these days.

http://alnwlsn.com

My first attempt from a few months back:
   • Solenoid'd IBM Selectric II typing test  

Link to 3D files and firmware:
https://github.com/alnwlsn/videos/tre...

Scripts I made to use ChatGPT and browse the web:
https://github.com/alnwlsn/scratchpad

Live Captions Linux application:
https://github.com/abb128/LiveCaptions
   • FUTO Fellowship program interview; li...  

The Soviet's "Selectric Bug"
https://www.cryptomuseum.com/covert/b...

A pile of other links that were sourced for this project. Many of these are either public domain or CC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Sel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Sel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Sel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Sel...
https://selectric.org/selectric/index...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_274...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_274...
https://www.curiousmarc.com/mechanica...
https://vintagecomputer.ca/esconsele...
https://blog.bruchez.name/posts/ibmm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepho...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Sys...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT_Co...
https://linemode.cern.ch
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/11/ibms...
http://info.cern.ch/LMBrowser.html
   • Exploring Rare Centurion History from...  
   • 1969 IBM Mag Card Selectric Typewrite...  
   • 1982 IBM Memory 100 Typewriter Soleno...  
   • Commodore 64 & Typing Robot Device 19...  
   • IBM Selectric Typewriter & its digita...  
All further material that I personally produced for this project I herby license as (CC BYSA 4.0)