OK... from visiting various Comptometer sites (including a museum by
Victor themselves), this unit appears to be c. 1961, and is powered by
a 100-130V motor. The power cord is like nothing I've seen - three
brass rods, the middle one (earth), fixed, the outer two slightly
floating, about 1.25 cm long, 2-3 mm in diameter, spaced at about 1.25 cm
on centers, nearly, but not entirely, in line. The outer two conductors
are slightly farther apart than a modern Continental 220V plug.
I can tap in power internally, I can maybe use insulated alligator clips, but
mostly, I'd like to find a proper mains cord for this. From manually operating
the innards, it needs cleaned and oiled, but that's to be expected.
-ethan
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Received on Thu May 03 2001 - 22:25:42 BST