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A visit's
not complete until you've told the folks back home about it.
Just about everyone who visits the IBM exhibit sooner or later
ends up at the typewriter bar. There a whole covey of typewriters
stands ready for anyone who wants to type a postcard. And because
these are no ordinary typewriters but the unique IBM Selectric,
every typist has a semi-circle of onlookers watching in fascination
as the ball-shaped typing element spins and bounces its way across
the postcards.
All
day long they come, and on into the evening. A mother writing
a distant daughter ... a little boy poking at the keys ... a
sailor writing a quick note home ... here a secretary showing
her friends how fast she can type ... there a dignified Asian
visitor in native costume ... a college girl reporting back to
her sorority ... a boy from Iowa telling a friend about the World's
Fair -- all day long the bouncing spheres whirl tirelessly across
the postcards: "I am typing this at the IBM Pavilion. It
is very ... "
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