bluesky lied and i posted way more than 3 videos and i left a link to my profile here 😔

this is a monroe adding machine which is powered and kinda terrifying as the 120v motor kicks on and off with sparks (sparks not shown but they are there inside by the motor)

they do!! it seems i uploaded only 3 videos and each is a different adding machine!

here is the burtoughs class 3

i'm an outlier there at 38 years old too

oh yeah, i agree, i think i'm lucky but also a lot fewer people seem to use patches. i've had above average results of people using injections while using patches so that's nice.

i knew my adhd would be a problem in putting off doing injections so i decided to start with patches instead

patches! they have worked really well for me so far

at least they play weird ass covers of those songs? 🙃

funny enough i dont actually own any with cash boxes or anything but i have many many of these and different types of adding machines. i don't even think they made ones with cash boxes when these were made lol

this kind doesnt do any printing and just adds to the register at the bottom! they copied the comptometer for this design sort of (but i think they actually bought another company to get the design and it works a bit different)

this is kind of like a handheld calculator vs the printing kind

here was me rebuilding the keyboard on the class 3 adding machine.

maybe i should post what this should look like!

here is a class 3 burroughs machine that i rebuilt. they work totally differently than the class 5 machines but look similar except for the print out on the class 3

yeah! i have a fujitsu p2110 which is a nice little machine if you dont need SSE. the later efficeon chip supports SSE so you can run a lot more software on it

how about a transmeta crusoe?

i am not sure but i suspect the only public implementation was for x86 code. if there were others released then you could run a bunch of different archs. (just don't expect SSE to work)

this is me every other week trying to convince folks about the advantages of smart card technology.

mtls on all internal sites, zero account takeovers, simplify logins without need for username, public/private keys for encryption, badges+smart card means you cannot leave computer unlocked, etc

i tried to use different models to transcribe gregg shorthand but they all failed.

i am not sure it will ever work but maybe that's a reason to become more proficient with shorthand

i was thinking something similar. i have tried to get various models to transcribe gregg shorthand and they either cannot do it or pretend they can and generate random results.

shorthand is a different sort of interesting problem though since there is not a 1:1 mapping for input to output

i have had a networked one like this for years and it never fails me or causes any issues! exactly want i want from a printer without any headaches