A century of sounds of 20 different calculators from 1897 to nowadays, from mechanical to electronic

The sound of 20 different calculators, from 1897 to 2010.
A journey through a century of calculators, from the first mechanical calculators to the latest electronic calculators.
Many types of calculators, mechanical, electromechanical, electronic, with their different sounds.
Listen to the sound of:
Arithmometer Payen, Addix, Torpedo, Madas 20A, Olivetti MC3, MC4M, Aldo Bona Alfa, Brunsviga 20, Monroe, Thales, Everest Z5, Plurima, Saba, Felt & Tarrant Comptometer, Nisa, Antares, Olivetti Logos 58, 694, 912, Triumph Adler 1218PD.
For some of them there is already the video in my channel, for the others I hope it will be there soon.

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

If you want to compare the sounds of some typewriters during the last century you can check here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGe3Z5ShaduMma8 and here the is the inside of a calculator with the internal mechanisms moving kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6mVdamrf9OrnKM

[@alexpastrana7568]

that calculator can run Doom for sure

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

😀 May be Doom 1

[@robinbrowne5419]

That printer sounds like 6000 rounds per minute.

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

@@robinbrowne5419 some old printers make a lot of noise but move little.

[@robinbrowne5419]

@@oldtypewritersandcalculators Oh. Like Duke Nukem :-)

[@Ashigaraa]

The machines from back in the day were extremely complicated and required great work, I admire that on old things. Such as warships which took years just to build, like a castle on the sea. And these machines were so complicated inside it barely made any sense, and now things were reduced in size to down to a fingertip. I personally still like seeing how things worked back then

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

Thanks Ashigaraa, it's very beautiful what you wrote.

[@Ashigaraa]

@@oldtypewritersandcalculators Is it? I just wrote the truth, typewritters were super complicated. Calculators!?! I can't imagine the system behind those. I should see some of them when they are opened just to see how crazy they are inside. Anyway have a good day/night

[@amethystpenguin3924]

I love the sounds old machines make. Great video!

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

Many thanks, me too I love to hear souds and see mechanisms moving

[@avinashhsoni]

Excellent collection...

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

Thanks. In th channell there is also a more complete video if you want.

[@mathmeetsmachines]

Great idea to make a vido about the sound of calculators! Sound and feel add so much fun, that simply doesn't exist nowadays when you compute with a smartphone.

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

You are absolutely right!

[@wdwadindwatri]

So Those are the machines I've often seen in old cartoons! :D

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

🙂yes. and also in old movies

[@neyoid]

I think it's unfathomable how in 100 years we went from large, slow mechanical devices that could only add, to devices that can do billions of operations per second and not break a sweat. The digital age has led to a quality of life never seen before in human history.

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

Yes, it has been a huge progress in one century. Our ancestors would never imagine it.

[@_landro_1092]

Very nice. Almost mesmerizing. Did you ever thought of doing a vid with all the same calculations with all those nice computers? "How does it sound to add 457664 + 29834, divided by 365, multiplied by 7", sort of.

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

Thanks Landro, it's a nice idea, I will do in future.

[@theclearsounds3911]

Oh, I wish you had a cash register from the 1960's. They were mechanical, but had a motor in them. The clunks they made were in a rhythm that was almost musical. I miss that sound!

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

I think it was a very nice sound,

[@classicalsheetmusic1986]

Great video, loved it as always!

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

Many thanks!

[@MM.]

The shifting mechanical display on the MC4M is really impressive. I wonder if this could have been generalized to an electromechanical word processor with larger character wheels. It probably would've been enormous and very heavy, though.

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

Probably would be very complicated.

[@milenaguizzardi1015]

Ho visto parecchi tuoi video e sei veramente bravo a spiegare le cose. Complimenti

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

Grazie Milena, sono lieto che ti piacciano

[@user-marco-S]

@10:10 I have the same model (3D11). When i did buy it from ebay, some number wheels were stuck, some did not go higher than a certain number, one did turn back when released the number and zero suppression didn't work. Only 5 columns did work fine (2 in the centre and the last 3). After partial disassemble and a lot of cleaning and loosing parts, it works fine, including zero suppression.

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

You are and expert, it seems it has been difficult to repair it.

[@user-marco-S]

@@oldtypewritersandcalculators Not really, there is a site on internet which explains how to disassemble and cleaning. I did only have to partial disassemble it since it was only the number part with problems. Some stuck parts behind the rocking frame needed some heat, oil and patience.

[@ricardolichtler3195]

Uau! Que coleção sensacional!

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

Thanks Ricardo

[@Trashgameplayer]

This is so cool. It's fxxkin awesome.

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

Thanks

[@ivan55599]

l wish these kinds of mechanical machines would be still available to buy commercially. No batteries, no solar power needed...

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

you are right, me too sometime wish it

[@Vico649]

The first few sounds remind me of "Are you Being Served?"

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

ah ah, I didn't noticed

[@tylerlawson5923]

It would be cool if you would narrate what inputs you were making

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

You are right, I made this video just to hear the different sounds of the calculators, so I type casual numbers. I made another video where I type the same calculation in every calculator. it's this: studio.kzbin.infodSEjFXM_CVs/edit

[@arielpriarone7125]

at 3.18, the Olivetti machine is a "Simplisumma MC3" and not a "Simplicissima MC3", that as far as i know, does not exist

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

You are right, it's an error, thanks for the correction

[@joejoecreampuff1912]

These are some gawd damn gismos, doodads and thingy-ma-jigs.

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

Yes, also the inside is very fun to see moving

[@audiodood]

this is gonna blow up lol, but wonderful machines!

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

many thanks.

[@Mizai]

satisfying

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

Yes it's relaxing.

[@masaldandusencocuk]

Congratulations man ! You didn't even do a single addition!

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

🙂It was for showing the sound of these calculators.

[@brettknoss486]

Does the Olivetti need a new tape, or are certain numbers worn out?

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

Most of them need a new ribbbon. I promise to do maintenace soon

[@davidwilburn6314]

I was hoping to see a representation of the CURTA company hand-helds like my Dad had.

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

I don't have one, hope to find one of these soon or later.

[@richardstasiak1484]

I'm looking for my dad's Marchant with the top register that went back and forth like an ear of corn. He used it for uranium processing and for mixing perchlorates into solid rocket fuel.

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

So may be you will be the first man o Mars.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Woah, I heard some mechanical calculators can do factors, percentages and exponentiation, but uranium processing? That's really crazy. True marvels of engineering.

[@tradingjack1555]

Now I want one lmao

[@Mighty-Man]

I wonder where Olivetti Logos was used in 2010.

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

There are still many in Italian offices also il 2023

[@Chicken.]

How do all of these work?

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

Some of these are mechanic only, and have a range of gears and levers moving that show the correct result of calculation. Others use electric motors to hel the gears moving, old engineers were fantastic.

[@Chicken.]

@@oldtypewritersandcalculators Thats really interesting thank you for sharing!

[@JelMain]

@@Chicken. They're simply automating how you'd calculate the four fundamental operands by hand.

[@braydenmandavia4185]

What about the Curta?

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

I don't already have, hope to find it-

[@Mikelica69]

Why are they a lot of number lines?

[@zefellowbud5970]

they are for each individual digits basically. the keypad ones are basically the ones much closer in timeline to modern day calculators. the otherones either haven't figured how to design for keypads, or perhaps couldn't do so due to patents. could be various reasons.

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

zefellowbud is right, sometimes there are many number lines because one show the number of calculations, the other the result.

[@bobkelso769]

non c'è bisogno di tanta violenza sulle calcolatrici però... XD

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

A volte sono molto delicate

[@nickt546]

нужно осмысленное действо, а не случайное нажатие куда попало

[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

Привет, Ник, это было только для того, чтобы показать звук калькуляторов. Я сделал еще одно видео, в котором 30 калькуляторов делают тот же расчет, вы можете его оценить, вы найдете его здесь: kzbin.info/www/bejne/moSom3mOgsR2jNU

[@zijie-he]

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[@oldtypewritersandcalculators]

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