Mechanical calculators (was: Re: *updating* 8088's)

[Chuck Guzis]

On 2 Dec 2007 at 19:18, Arno Kletzander wrote:

> Yes, exactly that is the class of machines I meant. There were similar
> ones which printed on a platten carriage mounted behind the adding
> machine body, and some of the latest electromechanical models had a
> "type box" as a means of commenting the ledgers, invoices - whatever.
> The letters were assigned as secondary functions to some of the keys
> and the machine would print those instead of accepting numeric input
> when it was in a column definded for comments (which was done by
> sticking pegs into a programming board moving together with the
> carriage). -- Arno Kletzander 

Could you perhaps point me at a web photo of such a machine?

Thanks,
Chuck