[skinkinthegrass]

..but do have a Curta Type II calculator in its original box with original instructions
that I bought in early 1970 to do estate and tax work. In 1971 the first of theelec-
tronic calculators came out, making my Curta instantly obsolete, so I decided to
keep it as a curio that might someday be very valuable. Right now it’s worth about
$1,300 vs. the original price of about $150.00.WOW! ..You have one...*thumbs up*...
think of all the Techie doomsday guys out there
would give for it...worthy of black/gun smithing skills.

[libstripper]

Cool use of graphics for your reply. I also have a 1966 (that’s right, 1966) Smith-Corona electric portable typewriter that still mostly works. I’ve thought about the possibility of taking the Curta on a flight but decided against it because it looks a lot too much like some kind of a sophisticated terrorist grenade. In fact, if I offered to operate it to show what it actually was, I’d probably have five ot six security personnel jump me and call the bomb squad.