Machine on Baxter's desk?
Any idea what the typewriter-like device on Baxter's desk was - or what it does?
shareIt is like a calculator.
When I started in insurance in the early '70's, they were still around but being phased out.
Very heavy!
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I just watched the movie in HD on TCM. It appears to be a Friden calculator, but I don't know what model.
http://www.johnwolff.id.au/calculators/Friden/Friden.htm
Baxter also has an IBM typewriter on his desk.
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!
I had a Monroe calculator when I started working in the 60s. Looks like one.
shareIt's a specialized calculator. By this I mean it was designed to do one specific calculation for differing variables. For example, I worked on one that figured monthly, quarterly or biannual payments for a specified dollar amount. Sounds boring, right? But better have the machine do it than you figure it out by hand!
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