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* 1962 Remington adding machineundefined Hancock-4
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 by: undefined Hancock-4 - Wed, 16 Jun 2021 19:38 UTC

In 1962 Remington (Univac's parent) advertised a new adding machine with a new feature--it could divide.

Note it still had the full keyboard, not just a ten key. Note that the divide was more of a repetitive subtraction.

https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1962-09/page/n7/mode/1up

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undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> writes:
>In 1962 Remington (Univac's parent) advertised a new adding machine with a new feature--it could divide.
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>Note it still had the full keyboard, not just a ten key. Note that the divide was more of a repetitive subtraction.
>
>https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1962-09/page/n7/mode/1up

My owners manual for the 1908 burroughs class 1 model 9 has an division
algorithm listed, it's a bit complicated, but it works.

For multiplication, the 'repeat' key is used.

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 by: J. Clarke - Wed, 16 Jun 2021 20:13 UTC

On Wed, 16 Jun 2021 12:38:41 -0700 (PDT), undefined Hancock-4
<hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:

>In 1962 Remington (Univac's parent) advertised a new adding machine with a new feature--it could divide.
>
>Note it still had the full keyboard, not just a ten key. Note that the divide was more of a repetitive subtraction.
>
>https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1962-09/page/n7/mode/1up

Here's a '50s Friden dividing by zero.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kd3R_RlXgc>

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 by: Charlie Gibbs - Wed, 16 Jun 2021 21:14 UTC

On 2021-06-16, J Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Jun 2021 12:38:41 -0700 (PDT), undefined Hancock-4
> <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
>
>> In 1962 Remington (Univac's parent) advertised a new adding machine
>> with a new feature--it could divide.
>>
>> Note it still had the full keyboard, not just a ten key. Note that
>> the divide was more of a repetitive subtraction.
>>
>> https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1962-09/page/n7/mode/1up
>
> Here's a '50s Friden dividing by zero.
>
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kd3R_RlXgc>

Nice. And much better produced than your typical YouTube video.

I had the chance to play with various mechanical calculators,
including that exact model. Lots of fun...

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