What's new

January 1998

• Recollections from the Marchant calculator company , by Ernie Jorgenson
  

December 1997

• Michel Bardel's list: This is a tentative list of all existing mechanical machines since 1851. Michel has worked it out for more than ten years, using lists, catalogs, brochures, books and ads. Over 800 items.
  

July 1997

• Curta sites: All the links to this great "Peper Grinder".

June 1997

• Antique Cash Registers: The smallest calculating machine ever, amazing, by Larry Wilhelm.
• Other Sites of Interest: Improved and enhanced.

May 1997

• Operate an 1885 "Felt" adding machine. This Java applet will enable you interactively operate the machine the way it was used.

March 1997

• Sorry for not updating for a while, I am working on a special update of a Java operated calculator, which hopefully will be completed soon.
• Other Sites of Interest. A great new page by Gerold Beckers, and the Collectric.

December 1996

• Other Sites of Interest. New section for sites with classified posting. Slide rules trading site.
  

October 1996

• The untold story of the Controversial Replica of Leonardo da Vinci's Adding Machine
  

September 1996

• Other Sites of Interest. Check out Musee des arts et metriers, Linz University - Austria, Pisa University - Italy, Lego calculators and Java Turing.
  

July 1996

• Advertisements from the good old days. These advertisements (1937 - 1954) seem rather outdated nowdays (;-). See what a "computer" add looked like.
• Curta IACC spring 96 #12 - The article and picture "The Amazing Curta"

June 1996

• ETCetera Article from latest issue.
• TYPENKORB No. 93 (June 1996) English summaries.

May 1996

• Other Sites of Interest. Check out Typenkorb & Typenhebel, American Computer Museum, History of Calculators and Early Calculators
• Books. "The American Digest of Business Machines" and "Computing before Computers"

March 1996

• The Calculating Machines mailing list:
• Moved to new server at Webcom, faster results, more options

February 1996

• Other Sites of Interest. Check out The QWERTY Connection

January 1996

• Books. "Curta video", "Calculating Machines and Computers" by Geoffrey Tweedale, and the new incredible French book "Histoire des instruments et machines a calculer"
• Other Sites of Interest. Check out the Museum of HP Calculators and The Computer History - in a Different Way (Stamps)

December 1995

• Other Sites of Interest. Check out the Abacus home page and The Classic Typewriter Page

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