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dwig · 09-10-2010, 04:26 PM

The first device that I used for reading books was a 386 based PC clone to which I'd added a CD-ROM (NEC 1x device) in the late 1980's. I had a World Library CD and read a few titles.

The first device that I bought specifically to read ebooks was an HP 320LX in 1997. It was used extensively for the purpose for a number of years before being replaced by a sub-notebook running Win98 (NetBook sized thing from Fujitsu) followed by a Clie T-415 and then a UX-50

The UX-50 is still in use pending the arrival (any minute now ...) of a K3.

09-10-2010, 04:26 PM	#145
dwig Wizard Posts: 1,613 Karma: 6718541 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Paradise (Key West, FL) Device: Current:Surface Go & Kindle 3 - Retired: DellV8p, Clie UX50, ...	The first device that I used for reading books was a 386 based PC clone to which I'd added a CD-ROM (NEC 1x device) in the late 1980's. I had a World Library CD and read a few titles. The first device that I bought specifically to read ebooks was an HP 320LX in 1997. It was used extensively for the purpose for a number of years before being replaced by a sub-notebook running Win98 (NetBook sized thing from Fujitsu) followed by a Clie T-415 and then a UX-50 The UX-50 is still in use pending the arrival (any minute now ...) of a K3.