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0 pointseru1mo ago0 comments

You call that retro? ;) I have a Curta sitting on my desk. Not as fun to toy around with as the electronic computers from a few decades later, though.

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rbanffy1mo ago

I only learned to use slide rules, and already forgot everything about them.

eruOP29d ago

Slide rules are conceptual marvels in their mechanical simplicity. The Curta is a marvelous gadget, but it has lots and lots of moving parts.

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rbanffy1mo ago

I only learned to use slide rules, and already forgot everything about them.

eruOP29d ago

Slide rules are conceptual marvels in their mechanical simplicity. The Curta is a marvelous gadget, but it has lots and lots of moving parts.

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