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The Amazing Curta Mechanical Calculator — It’s Development Saved Inventor In Nazi Camp
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What if Babbage’s Difference Engine spawned a “laptop”? It’s hard to find more desirable and satisfying (in a tactile sort of way) mechanical fetish item from the age of early computing… For years Curta calculators enjoyed a cult status among collectors, and as recently as in 2003 they were featured in William Gibson’s “Pattern Recognition” book. However, [...]
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