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Article: Man uses low-tech abacus for daily work.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- September 11, 2002
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Byline: Chris Cobbs
ORLANDO, Fla. _ His fingers move with the swift, delicate purpose of a pianist coaxing a sensuous melody from a Beethoven concerto.
John Allen is lost in his numbers.
Seated at a desk in a sprawling open area with dozens of cubicles, the blind e-banker is effectively alone, listening to his talking computer through earphones and talking back with his hands.
As the curled fingers of one hand punch in digits on a keyboard, the other hand manipulates beads on an abacus, an ancient counting device used for addition, subtraction and toting up the price of goods.
Allen, who once showed computer magnate Bill Gates ...