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9/22/2008 7:33:00 PM EDT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYsOi6L_Pw4

Wow!

Entirely mechanical calculator!
9/22/2008 7:33:41 PM EDT
[#1]
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNERDS!
9/22/2008 7:38:07 PM EDT
[#2]
sweet! how much does one run?
9/22/2008 7:43:21 PM EDT
[#3]
I thought it was pretty cool.
9/22/2008 7:43:30 PM EDT
[#4]

Quoted:
sweet! how much does one run?


According to this page, "Vintage Curtas sell for as much as $2000".

ETA: A lot of detail about the device and its inventor.
9/22/2008 7:43:38 PM EDT
[#5]
Thats very cool.
9/22/2008 7:45:34 PM EDT
[#6]
I've never heard of that.  Looks like it's built like a Swiss watch!

Pretty cool
9/22/2008 7:45:46 PM EDT
[#7]

Quoted:
sweet! how much does one run?


first thing i thought. i want one.

edit: 500-2k on ebay! noone is making modern ones? wtf! put these for sale on thinkgeek and htey will sell like crazy.
9/22/2008 7:46:50 PM EDT
[#8]
That thing is badass!  I bet they cost a pretty penny.  

ETA:  there are a few for sale on eBay.
9/22/2008 7:47:26 PM EDT
[#9]
Step up from the abacus.
9/22/2008 7:49:03 PM EDT
[#10]

Quoted:
Step up from the abacus.


My Ti-89 will run circles around it. but its cool none the less.
9/22/2008 7:49:51 PM EDT
[#11]

Quoted:
Step up from the abacus.


And smaller than ENIAC!
9/22/2008 7:51:02 PM EDT
[#12]
cool
9/22/2008 7:51:42 PM EDT
[#13]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Step up from the abacus.


My Ti-89 will run circles around it. but its cool none the less.


Until the EMP comes.
9/22/2008 7:56:21 PM EDT
[#14]
9/22/2008 7:59:44 PM EDT
[#15]

That's pretty mind blowing.

To think of that, to engineer it, to build it.

What a trip.
9/22/2008 8:03:28 PM EDT
[#16]
we need those in the ARFCOM store with the BFL
9/22/2008 8:05:53 PM EDT
[#17]
89! im still using my 85.
9/22/2008 8:07:43 PM EDT
[#18]
this guy has the most hilarious reviews of old calculators.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LCu3b_1yVY&feature=related


i reccomend you watch this other video of his, hes freaking hilarious.


he is fucking hilarious making tiger sounds and shit.
9/22/2008 8:09:54 PM EDT
[#19]
My algebra professor has a mechanical calculator. I love the CLUNK CLUNK sound it makes.
9/22/2008 8:11:03 PM EDT
[#20]
Amazing.

How the hell did a guy design and make that in a prison camp?
9/22/2008 8:13:59 PM EDT
[#21]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
Step up from the abacus.


My Ti-89 will run circles around it. but its cool none the less.


Until the EMP comes.


Its more likely to die from Energizers running out. :)
9/22/2008 8:21:33 PM EDT
[#22]
couple hundred bucks
         vs.
4 dollar solar powered digital calculator
9/22/2008 8:40:09 PM EDT
[#23]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAhRKQ_mA5U
9/22/2008 9:07:04 PM EDT
[#24]
calc for sale on ebay, unused. crazy.
9/22/2008 9:19:52 PM EDT
[#25]

Quoted:

Quoted:
sweet! how much does one run?


first thing i thought. i want one.

edit: 500-2k on ebay! noone is making modern ones? wtf! put these for sale on thinkgeek and htey will sell like crazy.


I did the same thing.  Damn they are pricey.  
9/22/2008 9:22:14 PM EDT
[#26]
Yeah I learned about these awhile ago. I would like one. Fucking nice.
9/22/2008 9:27:42 PM EDT
[#27]
those crazy Germans are always coming up with neat stuff. If you notice, for a split second in the beginning, he shows the bottom of it and you can see. Lichtenstein...or however you spell it.  That's in Germany, right?
9/22/2008 9:33:00 PM EDT
[#28]

Quoted:
those crazy Germans are always coming up with neat stuff. If you notice, for a split second in the beginning, he shows the bottom of it and you can see. Lichtenstein...or however you spell it.  That's in Germany, right?


Lichtenstein is a principality surrounded by Switzerland

And check this out:  A mechanical computer with a printer, designed by Babbage and commissioned by a Microsoft executive.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0anIyVGeWOI
9/22/2008 9:44:22 PM EDT
[#29]
I'm a slipstick man, myself. Slide-rules sent men to the moon, and brought them back when they got in trouble.
9/22/2008 9:53:44 PM EDT
[#30]
Thanks for the clarification. I didn't check google and I'm not related to Rand or Mcnally
9/22/2008 9:55:54 PM EDT
[#31]
You oughta cross post this to the Survival Forum so we can do our taxes after TEOTWAWKI.  
9/22/2008 10:01:30 PM EDT
[#32]
A physicist I used to work with had one. I always though it was rather cool but he told me how much they cost and I decided to buy more firearms instead.
9/23/2008 4:28:53 PM EDT
[#33]
9/23/2008 5:03:44 PM EDT
[#34]
9/23/2008 5:12:55 PM EDT
[#35]
Tag for them to show up at Harbor Freight and cost 49.95/each.
9/26/2008 12:10:01 AM EDT
[#36]
Didn't IBM stop making stuff similar to this during WWII to make M1 Carbines ?
9/26/2008 12:16:09 AM EDT
[#37]
Anybody post a pic? No youtube at work
9/26/2008 12:34:40 AM EDT
[#38]
Yeah but can they divide by 0?
9/26/2008 12:40:19 AM EDT
[#39]
We used to write basic programs in our TI-82s that would cause sufficient interference with small speakers (computer, tape player, etc.) to make actual music.  And, of course, what were the two main songs we went for?  Star Wars theme and Simpsons theme.  Got both to work as I recall.
9/26/2008 12:41:26 AM EDT
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