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| From | Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Curta Calculators |
| Date | 2020-09-21 08:56 +0000 |
| Organization | Department of Redundancy Department |
| Message-ID | <hsr85gFpulcU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <rk8dja$ceg$1@dont-email.me> <slrnrmgpce.42k.maus@dmaus.org> |
On 2020-09-21, maus <maus@dmaus.org> wrote:
> Curta's are cute, but had a sorta bad reputation, having been made
> by slave labour in the early days. I have enough old tackle resuing in
> drawers.
From looking at Wikipedia's pictures, it actually looks like something
designed just recently. Not really in line with what I imagined the
fashion of the time being.
Now I'm tempted to get one. (Though I probably would have been even if
it did look like an artifact from the mid-20th century.)
Niklas
--
The bloody handle on the back of an E450 isn't until you try to use it as
such, then it becomes less of a handle and more bloody.
-- Gary Barnes in asr
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Re: Curta Calculators J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-20 16:51 -0400
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Re: Curta Calculators Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy@gfsys.co.uk> - 2020-09-21 00:56 +0100
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
Re: Curta Calculators Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2020-09-22 17:12 -0500
Re: Curta Calculators Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-09-22 15:46 -0700
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Re: Curta Calculators Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy@gfsys.co.uk> - 2020-09-23 23:32 +0100
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
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Re: Curta Calculators Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2020-09-24 19:44 -0600
Re: Curta Calculators scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-09-25 15:28 +0000
Re: Curta Calculators Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-09-23 15:36 -0700
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Re: Curta Calculators J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-20 20:53 -0400
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Re: Curta Calculators Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-09-25 20:23 -0700
Re: Curta Calculators Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-09-25 20:25 -0700
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Re: Curta Calculators Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-09-21 01:55 -0700
Re: Curta Calculators maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-09-22 12:14 +0000
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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