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Keith G wrote:
"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
...
I quite like films like "When Worlds Collide" and they cut to "the
computer" and show lots of whirling rods and cams. :-)
...... being operated by a mechanical Olivetti adding machine with the
handle ripped off, like in The Prisoner rerun, a day or two ago!
:-)
Well, I do still have a Brunsvega mechanical adding machine. At one time I
used to know how to do square roots on it, but I forgot this years ago!
Still have a slipstick as well.. ;-
Slainte,
Jim
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