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I can't say that I still read on it, but I have a full functional Psion II which I bought in the early 1980s ('83 or 84 - somewhere around then).
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EDIT: Oops, yours was the plasma display fancy dandy one...I had the original Compaq Portable found here: http://oldcomputers.net/compaqi.html I would have sworn is was not 28lbs...but 22lbs...weird. I do remember seating the individual memory chips on the expansion card by hand. Gawds I feel OLD...hahaha...thanks! Quote:
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Oh, now that is cool!! Somewhere around here I have an old and still complete Sharp PC1250A "Student computer Kit" from around the same time period. The really funny part of it is, the complete programming language is printed on the back of the box it came in...I came across it 2nd hand, my actual first "computer" was an HP-25 I got around '77/'78ish. Learned be basics of programming on that thing. Last edited by brecklundin; 02-11-2009 at 08:42 PM. |
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Ditto. My oldest regularly-used reading device is an 1876 unabridged copy of Les Miserables. Everything older than that is just "for show" and reading is not permitted.
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I bought my wife the iPod Touch for Christmas, but have used it more than her.
I really don't like how Apple "covers up"/blocks getting into the inner workings of it's computers/gadgets. I like to tweak and hack, but with Apple (hardware) they don't want you to look under the hood... That's where most of my "dislike" comes from... If I can do/hack what I want, then that will win me over, more so, that looks alone! |
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In 1986, I graduated with a BMath specializing in Computer Science and Accounting. I'm more computer geek, than accountant nerd, but, in 1984, one of my first co-op "jobs" was providing part-time IT support for my Accounting firm's newly acquired Apple Macintosh portable computers (with built-in B&W monitor). The firm was KPMG (or just Peat Marwick as it was called then), excerpt of that article follows: Quote:
Unfortunately, there was a problem. I found no way to open the disk in the drive. No way to launch the MacPaint or MacWrite programs which I was told to use. I just stared at that nice desktop for 10-15 minutes without getting "familiar" with it and moving the mouse around. Who knew, back then, about single-click or double-click (it was a single button mouse). Then, while frustrated to no end, I finally moved the mouse over the menu bar while clicking and the Mac world opened up to me! I could then open the disk, launch the software and even print. It's intuitive now to do all this stuff, but Apple's interface was designed for my accountant nerds more so than for us computer geeks. Afterwards, I found 'ResEdit' and that made me somewhat happy to work with Macs again. However, this typifies how I feel about Apple's hardware. No way to hack or get down and dirty, and that for me is frustrating, especially when I realize I'm a computer geek and should know this stuff, but don't/can't! BTW, I've not been able to get any .epub's onto my wife's iPod Touch having run into problems with Cailbre/Stanza/wifi routers! Also, I gave up trying to force iTunes to show me the "fullpath filenames" of the .MP3's it imported so that I could go back and re-edit the tags. I mean, no access to any "techie" stuff! That's what puts me off! Oh, I guess, some things are just not meant to be... Last edited by nrapallo; 02-12-2009 at 10:58 PM. Reason: added links |
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I am also in the I don't care for Apple as a company (long story that goes back a couple decades...not worth discssion here) camp. But at the same time I think the iPod Touch and their other smaller players, are amazing.
I did not chose an iPod Touch over the N800 simply because the N800 lets me do anything I want with it. Plus ofr not a lot of cash I can increase the storage on my N800 to 64GB (and 128GB if I felt a need and wanted to spend that much). Plus the Touch's screen is too small for me. I actually did a side-by-side right after getting my N800 and was surprised at the difference. If I was after a pure media centric device the Touch would be on my short list for sure. |
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I guess that Mr. Wooster would be the winner if he still has its circa 1968 reader :
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Oh, cool...I've never seen that one before. Makes sense as Microfiche was "the thing" back then and it sure was a big deal when our small town library got two of them. But to see a portable reader like that is just neat!! |
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Electronic Book-Player DD-1EX from Sony
My oldest and full functioning Electronic-Book-Player is from 1991.
It's also named Data-Diskman EBG (Electronic Book) Greetings from Germany, Aachen (where the Carnival rocks this week) |
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No electronics at all, at least for the main function, but still a functional reading device.
I don't think this reader ever make its way to the market anyway. |
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