Facit mechanical calculators and other devices

[Grey Havoc]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJPMIjVGzd0

From the comments thread:

Mikael Holm​

12 days ago
Really nice job. I live in Åtvidaberg and FACIT is still spoken about. The office/factory complex seen in the video is a high school nowadays. A bit more odd facts around FACIT... In the late 60's FACIT built a huge factory plant just outside Åtvidaberg and they even considered having an airport for freight flights, but that plan was scrapped. Gunnar Ericsson had a huge interest in Football/Soccer (he was president of the Swedish Football association, as well as a member of IOC) and FACIT had connections all over the world. So when the Brazilian national soccer team in 1966 needed a place do their preparation for the World Cup, the natural place was Kopparvallen in Åtvidaberg. So Pelé and the gang came to Åtvidaberg and even played the local team ÅFF. ÅFF took the lead with 2-1 but ended up loosing 2-8 as they should

 

[Grey Havoc]

Swedish Board for Computing Machinery - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

FACIT EDB - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Grey Havoc]

https://www.scss.tcd.ie/SCSSTreasuresCatalog/hardware/temp-FacitCalculators/FACIT-Rechenmaschinen-Vom-Modell-T-zur-1051-GoogleTranslated.pdf

 

[Grey Havoc]

http://disruptiveinnovation.se/wp-content/uploads/Facit-and-the-displacement-of-mechanical-calculators-Sandstr%C3%B6m.pdf

 

[Grey Havoc]

Facit

Facit - Jaap's Mechanical Calculators Page

www.jaapsch.net

Facit

Facit calculators work on a similar principle to the more conventional Odhner type pinwheel calculators, but their external appearance and user interface is strikingly different. Rather than having…

mechanicalcalculators.wordpress.com

 

[CJGibson]

A few years ago one of the lads got into a spot bother for using his trusty Casio FX-83 calculator out on the plant. Not Ex-rated. We asked for suitable Ex-rated replacement and ended up requesting a Curta, Each.

Guess what we're using now?

Chris

 

[Hobbes]

Smartphone with ATEX rated case?

 

[CJGibson]

Smartphone with ATEX rated case?

Ha ha ha hahahahahahahahahahahah

 

[aim9xray]

E6B computer recalibrated to millifurlongs per decifortnight?

Does the Curta come with replacement flints? It looks like it ought to.

 

[Nik]

Before our port city's museum was 'modernised', there was a real-life tidal prediction machine on display.

That's right, an honest-to-steam-punk Victorian Analogue Computer, the length of a dining table, with enough gears for a couple of 'skeleton' clocks, an orrey or two and perhaps an Antikythera mechanism to run check-sums...

Aha !! https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/tide-predicting-machines-restored-and-re-displayed

One attained near legendary status by predicting the tide times for the Normandy Landings...

 

[publiusr]

Now you could have MEM versions chip sized-and immune to EMP if ceramic.