[NTLK] Delurking and intro

[Andrei Chichak]

Not me, mine was $35, but I was good friends with the seller and it was a long time ago.

On the other hand, if you ever get to try one, there will soon be, as kd Lang says, a Constant Craving. The coolness factor is immense. 

A

On 2011-November-27, at 8:17 AM, Tony Kan wrote:

> Wow, over $US1,000 each; you guys are keen!
> 
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> 
> On 2011-11-25, at 4:45 PM, Andrei Chichak wrote:
> 
>> The prices were really good for a while, then Scientific American did an
> article on the Curta and the prices went astronomical in days.
> 
> I became curious about Cutra calculators after reading Williams Gibson's
> "Pattern Recognition" a few years back. After a few Google treks, I knew I
> needed to own one.
> 
> g.
> 
> [snip]
> 
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