By the way, one nickname for it was the Coffee Grinder. Which is obvious if you have seen a manual coffee grinder. If you haven't seen one, you now know what it looks like.
My curta is the most beautiful thing I own. My dad gave it to me and it had been lovingly looked after and maintained for 40+ years. Note: I don't own my wife or children, who are more beautiful.
You might need to be a certain type to see its incredible beauty (roughly a cross between a mathematician and a computer scientist, which I am.) But if you are the type, there is something magical about it.
Wow, that key with the plastic thingy looks EXACTLY like the rendered versions. It's uncanny. Exactly the same. It's so gorgeous.
Sorry, couldn't resist the stream of sarcasm. I am really enjoying tracking the Optimus project. Keep up the coverage engadget.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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