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| From | Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Curta Calculators |
| Date | 2020-09-21 08:49 +0000 |
| Organization | Department of Redundancy Department |
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On 2020-09-21, J Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 00:56:21 +0100, Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy@gfsys.co.uk>
> wrote:
>>Probably, but what sort of design life would that give you ?. My guess
>>is not very long, since these machines were stretching mechanical eng
>>state of the art when new and were not that reliable either. A lot of
>>heat treated steel parts, precision bearings and fine adjustment
>>tolerances etc.
>>
>>Played around with Teletypes and Flexowriters years ago and both could
>>be a real pain to clean, adjust and keep running...
>
> A Curta isn't that kind of machine. It doesn't "run". You set a
> number, turn the crank, set another number, turn the crank.
Sure, but that doesn't make it immune to jams and other mechanical
problems.
It'd still be interesting to 3D-print and assemble one, mind you.
Perhaps if I find myself in possession of copious free time, I just
might.
Niklas
--
I suppose one corollary of what you're onto here is that we can let the
pr0n industry sponsor AI development and not have to worry about finding
more traditional sources of research funding.
-- AdB
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Re: Curta Calculators J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-20 16:51 -0400
Re: Curta Calculators "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-09-20 22:48 +0200
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Re: Curta Calculators J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-20 18:46 -0400
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Re: Curta Calculators J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-20 20:10 -0400
Re: Curta Calculators Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-09-21 08:49 +0000
Re: Curta Calculators JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-09-21 09:15 -0500
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Re: Curta Calculators "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-09-24 11:33 +0200
Re: Curta Calculators Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy@gfsys.co.uk> - 2020-09-24 17:44 +0100
Re: Curta Calculators Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-09-24 11:21 -0700
Re: Curta Calculators Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2020-09-24 15:32 -0300
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Re: Curta Calculators Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy@gfsys.co.uk> - 2020-09-24 23:38 +0100
Re: Curta Calculators Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2020-09-24 19:44 -0600
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Re: Curta Calculators Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-09-23 15:36 -0700
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Re: Curta Calculators Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy@gfsys.co.uk> - 2020-09-21 13:10 +0100
Re: Curta Calculators Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-09-25 20:23 -0700
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Re: Curta Calculators Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-09-21 01:55 -0700
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Re: Curta Calculators Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-09-21 08:56 +0000
Re: Curta Calculators J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-21 13:28 -0400
Re: Curta Calculators Elliott Roper <nospam@yrl.co.uk> - 2020-09-21 19:00 +0000
Re: Curta Calculators Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2020-09-21 13:53 -0600
Re: Curta Calculators "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-09-21 22:39 +0200
Re: Curta Calculators J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-21 18:17 -0400
Re: Curta Calculators Elliott Roper <nospam@yrl.co.uk> - 2020-09-21 23:01 +0000
Re: Curta Calculators Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2020-09-21 19:05 -0600
Re: Curta Calculators maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-09-22 12:16 +0000
Re: Curta Calculators Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2020-09-21 18:58 -0400
Re: Curta Calculators JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-09-22 09:27 -0500
Re: Curta Calculators Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-09-22 19:20 +0000
Re: Curta Calculators J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-22 15:44 -0400
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