Message-ID: <3FF4B81B.9341E08B@comcast.net> From: Charles Richmond Reply-To: richmond@nospam.plano.net Organization: Canine Computer Center X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; EBM-APPLE} (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Curta Handheld Calculators Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 9 NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.1.126.198 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: attbi_s51 1072995635 24.1.126.198 (Thu, 01 Jan 2004 22:20:35 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 22:20:35 GMT Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 22:20:35 GMT Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!enews.sgi.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!attbi_s51.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:159102 I am sure that most here are familiar with the Curta. Where can I find some books or manuals (preferably in .pdf format) for the Curta??? There is a Curta emulator web site...but *no* directions on how to do calcuations with the Curta. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Charles and Francis Richmond richmond at plano dot net | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ###### Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Curta Handheld Calculators References: <3FF4B81B.9341E08B@comcast.net> X-No-Archive: Yes X-Official-Misspelling: Plonkwart X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test70 (17 January 1999) From: asweinbe@midway.uchicago.edu (Plorkwort) Lines: 18 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.135.12.7 X-Trace: news.uchicago.edu 1072998929 128.135.12.7 (Thu, 01 Jan 2004 17:15:29 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 17:15:29 CST Organization: The University of Chicago X-SessionID: lS1Jb-10873-Y4-29008@news.uchicago.edu X-Hash-Info: post-filter,v:1.4 X-Hash: dfc81b3a 5bf7f3a7 bd7375ca 06a875f9 2e3e6fbb Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 23:15:29 GMT Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!HSNX.atgi.net!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!128.135.12.170.MISMATCH!news.uchicago.edu!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:159107 The moving finger of Charles Richmond wrote and then moved on: >I am sure that most here are familiar with the Curta. Where >can I find some books or manuals (preferably in .pdf format) >for the Curta??? There is a Curta emulator web site...but *no* >directions on how to do calcuations with the Curta. HTML version of the included instruction sheet: http://www.vcalc.net/cu-man2.htm http://www.geocities.com/andriesdeman/curtaman.html#strt I think there may also have been some examples in the recent Scientific American article by Cliff Stoll, which is unfortunately not available online. -- In top center of cabbage, cut a well and insert can of canned heat. Thrust ends of toothpicks into surface of Flaming Cabbage Head, above curled leaves. Before eating, hold each frankfurter over flame in cabbage to reheat. --"Marinated Cocktail Frankfurters." The General Foods Kitchens Cookbook, 1959 ###### From: "J.Clarke" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Curta Handheld Calculators Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 18:19:44 -0500 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Lines: 23 Message-ID: <20040101181944.6f49f5a2.jclarke@nospam.invalid> References: <3FF4B81B.9341E08B@comcast.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-230.newsdawg.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Sylpheed version 0.8.11claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) User-Agent: Hamster-Pg/1.13 Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!tethys.csu.net!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews3 Xref: redlance.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:159110 On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 22:20:35 GMT Charles Richmond wrote: > I am sure that most here are familiar with the Curta. Where > can I find some books or manuals (preferably in .pdf format) > for the Curta??? There is a Curta emulator web site...but *no* > directions on how to do calcuations with the Curta. Google "curta calculator" and you'll get about 1500 hits. The first one has a link to a bunch of relevant sites, including this one . > > -- > +----------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Charles and Francis Richmond richmond at plano dot net | > +----------------------------------------------------------------+ -- -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) ###### Message-ID: <3FF558A1.AF429D6E@comcast.net> From: Charles Richmond Reply-To: richmond@nospam.plano.net Organization: Canine Computer Center X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; EBM-APPLE} (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Curta Handheld Calculators References: <3FF4B81B.9341E08B@comcast.net> <20040101181944.6f49f5a2.jclarke@nospam.invalid> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.1.126.198 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: attbi_s53 1073036730 24.1.126.198 (Fri, 02 Jan 2004 09:45:30 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 09:45:30 GMT Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 09:45:30 GMT Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.belwue.de!feed.news.tiscali.de!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!colt.net!peernews-us.colt.net!newsfeed.news2me.com!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!attbi_s53.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:159151 "J.Clarke" wrote: > > On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 22:20:35 GMT > Charles Richmond wrote: > > > I am sure that most here are familiar with the Curta. Where > > can I find some books or manuals (preferably in .pdf format) > > for the Curta??? There is a Curta emulator web site...but *no* > > directions on how to do calcuations with the Curta. > > Google "curta calculator" and you'll get about 1500 hits. The first one > has a link to a bunch of relevant sites, including this one > . > I did "google" for "Curta", but I did *not* find a manual in .pdf format...that is what I *really* wanted... -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Charles and Francis Richmond richmond at plano dot net | +----------------------------------------------------------------+