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kennyc · 02-10-2013, 11:43 AM

My Sony 505 still works fine, but the battery is dying so I've switched over to using my Kindle 2 as my primary e-ink (e.g. outside/walking) reader both are just about 5 years old and work fine. I've even dropped each of them a couple of times (small dent in the 505).

I'd say they are about as reliable as most calculators. But I do have a TRS 80 Pocket Computer that I bought back in the 80's which is still working despite some liquid leaking flaws (not quite as bad as the one in the wiki pic

) in the display

.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Pocket_Computer I still use it to balance my checkbook.

02-10-2013, 11:43 AM	#37
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,907 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	My Sony 505 still works fine, but the battery is dying so I've switched over to using my Kindle 2 as my primary e-ink (e.g. outside/walking) reader both are just about 5 years old and work fine. I've even dropped each of them a couple of times (small dent in the 505). I'd say they are about as reliable as most calculators. But I do have a TRS 80 Pocket Computer that I bought back in the 80's which is still working despite some liquid leaking flaws (not quite as bad as the one in the wiki pic ) in the display .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Pocket_Computer I still use it to balance my checkbook. Last edited by kennyc; 02-10-2013 at 11:46 AM.