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Originally Posted by Quexos
Man those things were noisy, especially the mechanical type but boy wouldn't they muscle up your fingers...  |
Talk about noisy ... you ain't heard nuthin' yet!
Here's a video of the FRIDEN Electro-Mechanical Calculator we used back in 1970 at a large U.S. corporation. Begin watching at 5:30 minutes into the video to hear the racket caused by multiplication. We had to make sure a co-worker at a nearby desk wasn't on the telephone!
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