lcamtuf :verified: :verified: :verified: on Nostr: Seeing that some online "photos" of it were inexplicably AI-generated, I drove a fair ...
Seeing that some online "photos" of it were inexplicably AI-generated, I drove a fair distance to capture some real photos of Mathatronics Mathatron, one of the first electronic calculators (and in my opinion, perhaps the prettiest one).
The calculator has no display; instead, it prints results on ticker tape.
( If you're interested in more calculator history, check out
https://blog.coredump.cx/p/a-brief-history-of-counting-stuff )
Published at
2026-10-11 23:03:51 UTCEvent JSON
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