Monday, January 5, 2009

Strange mechanical Swiss calculator

An old-school, professional-quality, hand-cranked pocketable analog computer:







It's almost a fetish object to some:
http://www.vcalc.net/cu.htm
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2009 at 5:17 PM

    I started watching the video about using the Curta to find the square root of two. After three minutes, the fellow was still twisting and turning various Curta parts and making little self-satisfied mumbling sounds. I assume he eventually found the answer - at that point it was too painful for me to watch any more.

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  2. rocketmouseJanuary 5, 2009 at 11:40 PM

    Phew! Try putting the ENIAC in your pocket.

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