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 Premium Member 19 days ago
LOL!
EOCostello 19 days 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 19 days ago
I thought that the wooden beads slid along wooden rods…
E.Z. Smith Premium Member 19 days ago
Abacuses kadabra!
A1scout 19 days ago
They had two rock bands playing at the time in the company…ABBA, KISS
PoodleGroomer 19 days 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.
Skeptical Meg 19 days ago
“No. Before those. Ours used roman numerals.”
Smeagol 18 days ago
Those who are proficient with an abacus can give someone with a calculator a run for their money.
willie_mctell 18 days 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.