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So, last night I got one of these bad boys
http://www.vintagecalculators.com/as...erModern_1.jpg
I didn't know what it was, but after a few moments of playing with it, it started to look like a calculator. Addition and subtraction I figured out quickly, but it seemed it could do more. I googled a bit and found this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz8_tNDUDog
Original-Odhner, invented in the late 1800s, the one I got seems to be from 50s-60s, fully functional. I like it very much :)
Interesting that it has that USB plug sticking out in the front. How many GB of flash memory is in that thing?
Hehehe, it does seem like it. It's just a thin metal lever. I haven't figured out what it does yet :)
But it can calculate the square root of 2 up to 8 decimals, how cool is that.
This is still used by Barclays.
Don't touch the thin metal lever...
...and NatWest upgraded to this system last week. They did touch the metal lever. They shouldn't have.Quote:
This is still used by Barclays.
Maybe it's just sticking its tongue out at you.
Why did you get it if you didn't know what it was?
*smacks forehead*Quote:
I know I'd buy it with out knowing what it was, it just looks cool man!
Time to empty my basement onto eBay.
A bunch of numbers, levers and bits, you can't tell me you wouldn't be intrigued. I didn't want to Google it before trying to figure it out on my own. It became apparent pretty quick that it was some sort of a calculator, but I didn't know it could do the more complex things.
dilettante, if you post stuff like this on eBay, be sure to post links here.
No problem. However little of what I had in mind is of a collectable nature like the toy above. More like carcasses of 286/386 era machines in various levels of "intactness" along with ancient keyboards and add-in cards.Quote:
Originally Posted by baja_yu
Most pre-IBM PC era computers have long since been donated to others, but I probably have a mechanical calculator or two left here somewhere.
Not many of these Odhner calculators on eBay, but some are fetching as much as +$200
Wow, does that include shipping?
But can it play Crysis?Quote:
Originally Posted by baja_yu
No, because it's not for kids.
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thin...l&tid=24714814Quote:
Originally Posted by baja_yu
If Apple made one it'd have a better screen resolution.
If they made a calculator, TI graphing calcs would probably not be as popular as they are.Quote:
Originally Posted by FunkyDexter