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Originally Posted by DNSB
Going by the units used by local special needs support people, they were all discontinued in 2013. What little writing I do is mostly tech support documents and I can't see writing on a 2-6 line display as being all that easy/useful. Admittedly, I switched from using a typewriter to using a CP/M computer for typing and text processing more decades back than I care to remember.
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For me it's useful just for getting words down. When I'm typing in a WYSIWYG word processor I tend to worry about format instead of content. When I'm typing in the Neo (or in text editor like Jstar) I know the formatting will come later and don't worry about it. I realize that not everyone is the same, but for me it's freeing. I just wish the Alphasmart Neo used the WordStar keystrokes.
I should also mention that most of my writing is fiction. I can see where it could be completely different writing technical manuals where formatting is a much more important element.