Is that what this thread is turning to - a listing of ancient technology ?:
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Originally Posted by kacir
Well, my first handheld for e-books was Cassiopeia A-11, manufactured in 1997. Its display is 5.25 inch non-backlit greyscale LCD display. A little bit improved brother of this old display is still used in JetBooks.
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OK, fine, you win, I'll join right in:
In the dark ages, I remember using 180k floppy-based Z80-based machines to read and/or communicate 'online' in text mode ONLY, via 300bps acoustic connection on monochrome screens - but wait !
That was AFTER learning on mainframes using teletypes ONLY.
And so what - who would care that I am older than dirt ?
(Shall we now start an age competition too ?
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And so I have an E-ink reader now, because it was cheap enough for me to get it when the silly little JB had quit. A happy accident, so far.
But I posted this thread about positive experiences with added warranties, so all this chatter about reading from granite slabs is very...
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Now back to our scheduled program...or not...