On Sat, 30 Jan 1999 Jgzabol(a)aol.com wrote:
Today I run into a Monroe CAA-10 electromechanical
calculator,
totally accidentally and unplanned. I am not in electromechanical
devices, but it looked nice, so I bought it for approx. US$60.
Question: Is this in any way rare or significant, or is it something
where everybody has already 10 pieces of ?
I had a '50s-ish Monroe electromechanical desk caluclator when I was in
elementary school. I convinced my parents to buy it for me from a JC
Penney firesale. I think it cost around $15. This would've been in the
late 1980s.
I remember thinking it was pretty groovy, even if there were some things
about it I didn't quite understand how to make work properly.
My little brother pushed it off my desk on day and it stopped working, so
I reluctantly threw it away.
I realise this is in no way helpful to you, but you reminded me of this
apocryphal sotry and I thought I'd share it. (:
ok
r.