Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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12 Days of Curtsmas Chapter 10: Variations & Marketing

This is a Curta Type I, built in 1952. Stay tuned for episodes every other day, December 3 - 25. Thanks as always to the person who gave me the Curta.

End song inspired by "Hotter than a Molotov" by The Coup. youtu.be/X8AW7PmsxAY

Jingle bells sound from http://www.freesoundslibrary.com, CC-BY-4.0

Marketing images from www.curta.li

Black Curta Type 2 from Wikimedia user Prioryman, CC-BY-SA-4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curta_-_National_Museum_of_Computing.jpg

Type 1 & Type 2 together from Flikr user Bephep2010, CC-BY-2.0,
flickr.com/photos/52724211@N02/9064000240

Early Curta with "Curta" logo from Museum of Science and Technology Belgrade, donated to Wikimedia, CC-BY-SA-3.0,
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ra%C4%8Dunarska_ma%C5%A1ina_CURTA.jpg

Top of Curta Type 2 ©Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons),
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curta_II-1128.jpg

Curta Type 2 with red ring of doink ©Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons),
pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:Curta_II-1124.jpg

Curta Type 2 with box ©Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons),
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curta_II-1129.jpg

Gray Type 2 shot from above from Wikimedia user Oldsoft, CC-BY-SA-4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mechanick%C3%BD_kalkul%C3%A1tor_Curta,_typ_II.JPG

Several Curtas with cases from Wikimedia user Daderot, CC0 1.0, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curta_calculators_-_Ridai_Museum_of_Modern_Science,_Tokyo_-_DSC07524.JPG