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Xenophon · 08-11-2010, 01:08 PM

Depending on how you count, it was either a VT52 terminal connected to a DEC/20 (a smallish '70s mainframe), or an RCA-1100 (formerly the REB-1100, now the eBookwise-1150 -- I think).

I note that the physical ergonomics of the 1100's design have yet to be equalled--much less surpassed--in the hand-held reader market. Surely one of the manufacturers could learn a lesson or two (or three, or a dozen) from looking at it.

Xenophon

08-11-2010, 01:08 PM	#128
Xenophon curmudgeon Posts: 1,487 Karma: 5748190 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Redwood City, CA USA Device: Kobo Aura HD, (ex)nook, (ex)PRS-700, (ex)PRS-500	Depending on how you count, it was either a VT52 terminal connected to a DEC/20 (a smallish '70s mainframe), or an RCA-1100 (formerly the REB-1100, now the eBookwise-1150 -- I think). I note that the physical ergonomics of the 1100's design have yet to be equalled--much less surpassed--in the hand-held reader market. Surely one of the manufacturers could learn a lesson or two (or three, or a dozen) from looking at it. Xenophon