When I read William Gibbson's "Pattern recognition" I googled a few items described in the book to better visualize the scene (e.g. the mine manual, Stetson, Ri

When I read William Gibbson's "Pattern recognition" I googled a few items described in the book to better visualize the scene (e.g. the mine manual, Stetson, Rickson's jacket). It did not occur to me to look Curta calculator up- they sure do look to be worth obsessing about :)