Curta mechanical calculator

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Neat-o! Scroll down for a demonstration video.

[CoasterMatt]

For some reason, I could see some lunkheaded TSA "agent" thinking it was some sort of destructive device.

[flippyshark]

Ooo, I want one! (It will go nicely with my abacus)

[flippyshark]

I just looked on evilbay, and it looks like it would be hard to get a working Curta for less than 6 or 7 hundred dollars, maybe lots more. I wish someone would manufacture a reasonably priced reproduction. It looks like it would be great fun just to play around with.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

I just looked on evilbay, and it looks like it would be hard to get a working Curta for less than 6 or 7 hundred dollars, maybe lots more. I wish someone would manufacture a reasonably priced reproduction. It looks like it would be great fun just to play around with.

Here is an affordable version.

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Here is an affordable version.

No fun. That one doesn't have a crank.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Here's one with a crank that costs a bit less.

[katiesue]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Here's one with a crank that costs a bit less.

I think we had one of these at the hardware store I worked at in high school. We had every piece of equipment they'd ever had, old registers and the like, downstairs in the vault. We also used a posting machine to do the accounts. Except it finally broke. And the only place you could get parts was Inida because that was the only place left that actually still used them. So we had to go computer. My cousin, who did the books, didn't take to it well.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Here's one with a crank that costs a bit less.

Wow, that was built in 1996, it looks much older. What the heck were they doing building them in 1996?

[CoasterMatt]

Originally Posted by DreadPirateRoberts

What the heck were they doing building them in 1996?

Maybe they just felt cranky?