IBM
SPEAKERS BUREAU SLIDE SHOW
Slide
51
Macaroni
Box
Courtesy: IBM
Corporation
He
went shopping and found the perfect casing -- a macaroni
box. He bought some meat skewers, staples, elastic bands
and string. He didn't finish the device until New Year's
Day, 1885. But, the finished product was the prototype
of the Comptometer -- the first successful keydriven calculator.
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