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Re: [OM] was Re: Godspeed, Neil Armstrong; now ancient calculators

Subject: Re: [OM] was Re: Godspeed, Neil Armstrong; now ancient calculators
From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:19:03 -0500
> We used an ?? Ohdner  Swedish calculator with a handle on the right and
> levers in slots to set the values of digits, tens etc. Very fast once you knew
> how to use it.

Wow! I haven't seen one of those in YEARS. I actually had a "pocket"
version of one. It was incredible. I'm thinking it was made by
Britannic, but I could be wrong. I bought it at a yard sale about 35
years ago and probably threw it away when it quit working a few years
later. Everything inside was was either tin or white metal. Instead of
the crank, it had a rotating knob. Mine had two fixed decimal places
(just a painted dot) and maybe five digits.

AG
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