"Oldest Computer on the Internet"

[MovingTarget]

This post made my hands hurt!





Actually, that would explain a lot!

What is that thing you posted? I've never seen one....

/peeks out from under the rock I've been living under...

 

[SKORPI0]

 

[drnickriviera]

What is that thing you posted? I've never seen one....

/peeks out from under the rock I've been living under...

A curta calculator. A hand cranked mechanical calculator. it's really neat

 

[Rubycon]

Where did you get that? I want one and just checked the prices on ebay. jeebus!

It was a gift way back when I was in school.

 

[arkcom]

It was a gift way back when I was in school.

I'm sure it was more affordable back then, when it first came out... ()

 

[shortylickens]

I could still be using a 486 with Windows 95 if not for all the bullshit they put on web pages these days.

 

[IronWing]

This post made my hands hurt!





Actually, that would explain a lot!

There is a seller at the Tucson rock and gem show that has these every year. I was sorely tempted. I was more tempted by this, complete with manual, box, and all accessories:

but it stopped working while he was showing it to me.


I had a hand-me-down XT that I did surf the internet via modem and main frame based text browser back in the mid-90s.