IBM & LEXMARK WHEELWRITER IDENTIFICATION
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.