Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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The Olympia AE-8 is an adding machine from 1967. It is fairly unremarkable, with a standard keyboard and controls.

For more information about this and other calculators in my collection, please visit my website:
jaapsch.net/mechcalc

0:00 Introduction
0:51 Addition
1:17 Total/Subtotal
2:05 Subtraction
2:39 Negative totals
3:09 Non-add
3:29 Clearing
3:38 Repetition/Multiplication
5:02 Ink ribbon
5:47 Opening case
7:30 Power cord
8:34 Inserting paper
9:26 Mechanism in action
10:59 Outro