My mother playing the piano, my dad's prehistoric Selectric.

母亲弹奏钢琴的声音，父亲史前打字机的声音。

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But an email is not a letter, and you're not typing at an IBM Selectric II typewriter.

然而，电子邮件并不等同于普通信件，你不是在用ibm Selectric II打字机打字。

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Silence, then the Sunday sounds of our house by the lake. My mother playing the piano, my dad's prehistoric Selectric.

星期天一切都是安安静静的，湖边，我们的房子里也会有一些响动，比如母亲弹奏钢琴和父亲敲打那架老式打字机的声音。

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One of his first successes: IBM's Model B electric typewriter (a precursor to the Selectric).

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Any dimwit (but not Dan Rather) knows the font did not exist on vintage IBM Selectric typewriters.

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The coveted IBM Selectric, a disruptive journalistic tool in its day, had finally met its match.

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