On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 23:18, Rick DeNatale wrote: > On 9/8/05, Tarus Balog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sep 8, 2005, at 1:53 PM, Randall Barlow wrote: > > > > > Mark Turner wrote: > > > > > > > > >> P.S. Curta calulators: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta_calculator > > >> > > > > > > Here is a cool link that is a flash demo of the Curta: > > > > > > http://www.vcalc.net/curta_simulator_en.htm > > > > The Curta plays a small role in William Gibson's "Pattern > > Recognition". Kinda shot up on eBay after the book was published. > > And it took NO role in Bob's talk tonight. > > I remember Curtas from when they were the hot ticket for TSD rally > navigators who ran in equipped.
Original price of the version 1 Curta ~$125. Now selling on Ebay for over $2000. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
