Heh, "loan" it to me, and I'll tell ya! I think the article said these
are rather valuable items to possess now. The article also explains a
little how to use them. Tell your friend to check it out, maybe he'll
realize what he's got.

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org 
> [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Tom Penney
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 3:39 PM
> To: TCLUG Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [OT] Calculators (was RE: [TCLUG] Minnesota 
> Computers For Schools)
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 15:13, John T. Hoffoss wrote:
> > Speaking of old calculators, this month's Scientific American has a 
> > good article on the Curta calculator, a pocket-sized, 
> > (salt-shaker-sized,
> > rather) mechanical (hand-crank!) calculator capable of 
> +-/*^ and sqrt
> > (using some formulas in combination...)
> > 
> > Very interesting, very cool, and apparently very rare. I 
> think it can 
> > do something like 15 digits of precision.
> 
> It's really strange that you mentioned that. I have a friend 
> who owns one of them. He inherited it. It's very cool. We 
> can't figure out how to run it though, no instructions. Its 
> full of pins, levers, buttons and knobs. Lots of moving parts. 
> 
> -- 
> Tom Penney <blots at visi.com>
> 
> 
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