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Yakamoto looked wistful. “In all seriousness, they have pitted practitioners of abacuses against skilled mechanical adding machine operators, and the ancient implement users almost invariably won.”
There are giant abandoned factories where mechanical adding machines and comptometers were made. I have one of the first portable digital adding machines made.
My dad taught me how to multiply on an adding machine. It involved pulling the lever many times. My father in law was an industrial designer. He worked for a company that made mechanical calculators, adding machines, and cash registers.
rekam 3 months ago
LOL!
EOCostello 3 months ago
Yakamoto looked wistful. “In all seriousness, they have pitted practitioners of abacuses against skilled mechanical adding machine operators, and the ancient implement users almost invariably won.”
A Common 'tator 3 months ago
I thought that the wooden beads slid along wooden rods…
E.Z. Smith Premium Member 3 months ago
Abacuses kadabra!
A1scout 3 months ago
They had two rock bands playing at the time in the company…ABBA, KISS
PoodleGroomer 3 months ago
There are giant abandoned factories where mechanical adding machines and comptometers were made. I have one of the first portable digital adding machines made.
Milady Meg 3 months ago
“No. Before those. Ours used roman numerals.”
Smeagol 3 months ago
Those who are proficient with an abacus can give someone with a calculator a run for their money.
willie_mctell 3 months ago
My dad taught me how to multiply on an adding machine. It involved pulling the lever many times. My father in law was an industrial designer. He worked for a company that made mechanical calculators, adding machines, and cash registers.