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Rowan BS: Recently redundant professions (48) RE: BS: Recently redundant professions 29 Mar 10


PoppaGator, comptometers were mechanical adding machines that printed out their inputs and outputs onto cards; I know some were more advanced but that was what they basically were. During Uni I briefly worked for an insurance company that had entire floors of women sitting at rows of them; Burroughs was apparently the Rolls Royce of such machines.

Cheers, Rowan


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