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Re:Emulation of Unix V6 on a PDP-11 with an emulated teletype by kps on Saturday March 07, 2020 @12:41PM (#22512828)
The Selectric didn't really do rollover, but it had a mechanism that felt like it. Each key lever had a small tab that entered a trough of ball bearings that had just enough slack for one tab. If you pressed a second key, it would displace the balls and descend when the previous key withdrew.

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