This is what happens when you divide by zero on a 1950 mechanical calculator

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1959's Friden SBT10 was a very luxury full function mechanical calculator. This video shows how it divides 355 by 113 (approximation of π) and other calculations Another Interesting calculation..

The machine is correct! Division by zero is indefinite😂

Dividing by zero on a 1950s mechanical calculator would cause the machine to enter an endless loop, continuously turning its gears without reaching a result. This is because division by zero is undefined—mechanical calculators of that era lacked the ability to handle such exceptions, unlike modern electronic calculators that display an error message.

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The Pascaline, designed and built by Blaise Pascal in 1642, was one of the earliest mechanical calculators. It was a hand-cranked machine that could perform addition and subtraction by using a series of gears and wheels. While it was not as versatile as later mechanical calculators, Pascal's invention was a crucial step in the history of computing.

This what I hear after the first calculation. Tell me I’m not the only one

Imagine the time and engineering that went into designing and producing that?