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I’ve got one, in pristine condition no less. Using it is satisfying in a way that is very hard for me to bring across in text. You can feel the mechanism when t
by anyfoo 4y ago
I’ve got one, in pristine condition no less. Using it is satisfying in a way that is very hard for me to bring across in text. You can feel the mechanism when turning the crank, and it feels very “intricate, but not fragile”. It clicks and burrs just in the right way.
I have once or twice used it for simple calculations in some special context for fun (calculating salary related stuff after a raise or something like that), but obviously it’s much quicker to just enter that into a modern calculator or computer.
It’s a marvelous piece of art now, basically.
- wrycoder 4y agoI have a pristine one, also. It was one of the first things I bought fifty years ago, when I got a real job - I'd always wanted one. Turning the crank sets up an amazing internal vibration as the mechanism operates.