IBM & LEXMARK WHEELWRITER IDENTIFICATION

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WHEELWRITER 3 & ACTIONWRITER

Actionwriter

The Actionwriter has a green coded " Micro" on the "Paper Up" keycap & also has holes for LED array mounting on the right sight side of the metal base plate.
Wheel Writer 3- The Wheel writer 3 has the same key array as the Actionwriter except that it has no green coded keycaps & doesn't have holes for the LED array.

 
 

 

WHEELWRITERS 10 & 15 *** PERSONAL WHEELWRITERS SERIES 1, 2 & 1000

Personal Wheelwriter

The PW 1 has no green coded cursor keys. The PW-2 has coded ("Word") cursor left and right keys.

IBM Personal Wheel Writer 10 & Lexmark Wheel Writer 1000

The W-10 & Lexmark 1000 have green coded "Mar Rel, Reprt" keys, and all four cursor keys.

The "Tclr" is not coded. The W-10 has notched edges on the base plate (as above). The 1000 base plate has straight edges.

IBM & Wheel Writer 15 (W-15)

has green coded "Tclr Zone" key.

 

WHEELWRITERS 5 & 6 **** QUIETWRITERS 7 & 8

Wheel writer 5

 The Wheel Writer 5 has no green coded control keys & has "Dec T" key.

Wheel Writer 6

The Wheel Writer has a blue coded "Advance" control key and other blue coded keycaps.

Quiet Writer 7

 The QW-7 is almost identical to the Wheel Writer 5 with the "Dec T' key except for the green coded o+- "Expand" and T "Font" keys.

Quiet Writer 8

The QW-8 is almost identical to the Wheel Writer 6 except the for the green coded o+- "Expand" and T "Font" keys.

 

 

WHEELWRITER 1500, 3000, & PERSONAL 2000

 

Lexmark Wheel Writer 1500

This model has a green coded "Page Eject".

Lexmark Wheel Writer 2000/3000

Both the 2000 & 3000 have a black "Print Mode" and a regular "Tclr".

There is a difference between the 2000 & 3000 however.

The 2000 has a straight-edged base plate & the 3000 is notched.

 

 

 

WHEELWRITERS 30, 35, 3500, 50, 5000, 70, & 7000

IBM Wheel Writer 30 & Lexmark Personal Wheel Writer 25-

The IBM 30 & PW 25 both have only one green coded key ("RMar IndR") on the left side.

The only difference between the two models is that the PW 25 has a straight-edged base and the IBM 30 has a notched base.

IBM Wheel Writer 35 & Lexmark 3500

These two model has a green coded "Menu 2" key.

IBM Wheel Writer 50 & Lexmark 5000

 These two models have a green coded "Delay Print" on the "Menu" key.

IBM Wheel Writer 70 & Lexmark Wheel Writer 7000

These two models have a "Help" control key. All of the control keys on the left side have F-1 through F-10 on the front of each of the keycaps.