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ReferHvacGuy t1_j9h06kj wrote

My mom still uses this since one from the same time. She took a bookkeeping class in 1986 then bought it. I seriously still don’t understand why she still uses it. Blows my mind.

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AnalogFeelGood OP t1_j9h8yx9 wrote

A large number of financial institutions and bean counters still use them because they're easy to use (big numbers, big buttons), they're very reliable, you can review multiple printouts of long strings of additions and subtractions and then store said printouts with the records. No software, no bug, no printer, no dependency 🤟🏼

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erevoz t1_j9isfo0 wrote

It’s a beautiful piece of machinery and old electronics. It’s digital at its purest form. It just works and will keep working for decades more.

Plus, paper. You can’t beat paper.

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