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
Why did you get it if you didn't know what it was?
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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.
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.
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.
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