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Re: Wanted to borrow: a Curta calculator
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On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 11:24:55AM -0400, Chris Spurgeon wrote:
> I'm doing a public radio piece on something called a Curta calculator, a
> post WW2 mechanical calculator that was a marvel of engineering and
> functional design. For the piece, I need the sound of one operating.
> Unfortunately I don't own one myself (they are prized collectors items,
> typically going for $500-$1000 on eBay).
Wow. I've never heard of these things. According to eBay [1], a few of
them are for sale in the $500-$700 price range. Prized collectors items
indeed!
Any chance your radio piece will be available as an MP3 after the
broadcast for the phl.pm diaspora? :-)
Z.
[1] http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&krd=1&from=R8&MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&query=Curta+calculator
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