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  1. Zenith Phonevision - Downloadable Pay-Per-View Movies in 1951 http://snipr.com/o29of
  2. Lots of Curta brochures and manuals for sale here http://users.lewiston.com/ejorgens/office/curta/curta.html
  3. Cliff Stoll tells the Curta story wonderfully! http://snipr.com/nddpp
  4. Wow, really cool painting of a Curta calculator: http://bit.ly/f6wLn
  5. Get your Curta serviced using factory original parts and tools: http://www.curta-repairs.com
  6. It was also termed the "math grenade", due to its superficial resemblance to a certain type of hand grenade.
  7. The Curta was affectionately known as the "pepper grinder" or "peppermill" due to its shape and means of operation.
  8. Order a sheet of Liechtenstein stamps commemorating the Curta http://snipr.com/mb64l. 26 CHF = ~24 USD
  9. Amazing step-by-step disassembly of a Curta calculator! http://www.vcalc.net/disassy/
  10. The Curta II is slightly larger than the original Curta. It was first produced in 1954 and has a larger numeric capacity than the Curta I.
  11. Have you checked out YACS - Yet Another Curta Simulator? http://is.gd/1mC2k
  12. Curta type 1 mechanical calculator + manuals: US $0.79 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Jul-14-2009 8:17:34 PDTBid now .. http://bit.ly/32LK2N
  13. In William Gibson's novel "Pattern Recognition," a Curta is traded to retired cryptographer Hobbs Baranov for an important email address.
  14. The Curta can add, subtract, mulitply, and divide. With a little extra effort it computes square roots and other operations.
  15. Production finally began in April, 1947 after the Prince of Liechtenstein bankrolled a new company, Contina AG Mauren, to manufacture it.
  16. After developing 3 early prototypes, Herzstark fled to Vienna to escape Soviet occupation based on the Potsdam agreement.
  17. The prison camp was bombed by Allies in 1944, but Herzstark miraculously survived.
  18. As a prisoner he managed to redraw the complete plans for his machine from memory.
  19. RARE CURTA Calculator TYPE II #549692 - MINT Condition: US $999.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-11-2009 10:58:.. http://bit.ly/hHA0y
  20. He was arrested in '43 but his skill enabled him to survive the next two two years at Buchenwald as an "intelligence-slave."