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Other really exciting products Olivetti pioneered were Calculators in the 1960's and 70's: The Programma 101, a workhorse containing magnetostrictive acoustic
by crispyambulance 7y ago
Other really exciting products Olivetti pioneered were Calculators in the 1960's and 70's:
The Programma 101, a workhorse containing magnetostrictive acoustic delay line memory. I saw a youtube tear-down of one once-- amazing. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programma_101 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programma_101)
The way-ahead-of-its-time Divisumma-18. Orange rubber buttons, freaking 1973. (https://www.massmadesoul.com/olivetti-divisumma-18 https://www.massmadesoul.com/olivetti-divisumma-18)