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Excellent YouTube Video - How the Curta Works
09-22-2014, 03:33 AM
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Excellent YouTube Video - How the Curta Works
I just stumbled across this (via AdaFruit Industries on Google+) and enjoyed it so much I'm compelled to share it. I'm pretty sure the people here will enjoy it, too.




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09-22-2014, 09:57 AM
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Thanks Les! Smile
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09-22-2014, 10:23 AM
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(09-22-2014 03:33 AM)Les Bell Wrote:  I'm pretty sure the people here will enjoy it, too.

Thanks, Les, I do. Though it's "Not remotely HP Calculators" IMHO.

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09-22-2014, 11:23 AM
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So who's going to have it reverse engineered, and a working replica 3D-printed by the end of the day? Wink
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09-22-2014, 11:49 AM
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Nice video, thank you for sharing.

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09-22-2014, 07:29 PM (This post was last modified: 09-22-2014 07:29 PM by Marcus von Cube.)
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The video makes me want to own such a masterpiece.

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09-22-2014, 09:24 PM
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This makes me want to make such a device.

The main museum site discusses these wonders of mechanics:

http://www.hpmuseum.org/ffcurta.htm


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09-23-2014, 06:56 PM
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...and if you haven't seen Rick Furr's professionally-printed Curta poster here, you owe it to yourself to take a look. It is amazing.

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