Designed to interface with a punch card machine from French manufacturer Bull, it contained several hundred vacuum tubes and could be used to add and subtract numbers stored on those punch cards.

In the 17th and 18th century, a few natural philosophers and clockmakers designed and built machines that could add. By the end of the 19th century, these sold as commercial products. Some small and ...

Adding Machine tells the story of Mr. Zero, who after 25 years of service to his company is replaced by a mechanical adding machine. In a vengeful rage, he murders his boss. An eclectic score ...