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I'm from GenX. I remember these.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaSmart

I love little computer-shaped devices.

I had a Laser PC4 in the early 90s: https://oldcomputermuseum.com/laser_pc4.html

I wish I still had it just to noodle around on.

I picked up a Cambridge Z88 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Z88) at a Goodwill a couple years ago but haven't done much of anything with it. Apparently they have quite the following.

When I started out in the eighties I was maintaining (repairing) these little monsters for a major daily newspaper.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Model_100

Those Alphas were the upgrades. Fancy!

If you want to relive your glory days someone is making an open source version. https://www.crowdsupply.com/zerowriter/zerowriter-ink

I've still got one! I can't believe anyone loved them though, they miss key presses if you type too fast.

These saw use in my secondary school for SEND kids as late as 2019. I did not realise just how old they were.

I work with a couple people who worked on these, and own one myself!

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