Post #1130277

2026-04-13 08:52 UTC

I had a someone come into the office from one of our suppliers this morning. Whilst she was there she saw a printing calculator in a display cabinet and really couldn&#39;t understand what it was. I remember seeing and using them back in the 1980s. I&#39;m really getting too old! #calculator #retro #office

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@emsquared@social.coop 2026-04-13 08:57

@X31Andy. My Dad had kept so many of these before he passed in. I remember him doing money taken type reckoning on them and it would print every entry a line at a time right after you'd entered it so you could go back and check them off manually. Clunky things. Built like tanks.

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@aegir@toot.wales 2026-04-13 11:01

@X31Andy I loved these. I lose track of numbers so quickly, and these things show that yes, I did type them all in correctly. (I use Soulver now, cos it’s basically the digital equivalent)

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@Maker_of_Things@cupoftea.social 2026-04-13 11:52

@X31Andy In the early 1970s, as a child, I helped my Mum in her shop. She used a mechanical printing calculator to tot up the shop's takings at the end of each day. It was an Olivetti Prima 20. https://public.beuth-hochschule.de/~hamann/olivetti/o-add/index2.html

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