Thread: What makes a (human) e-reader?
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Old 09-07-2020, 04:30 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
Hmmm... I was reading documentation on my CP/M Z-80 based computer in 1978 (4MHz CPU, 64KiB, 2x1.4MB floppy disks). Even earlier on IBM/Amdahl mainframes and Data General and DEC minicomputers. Though I'm not sure if any of really qualifies as ebooks since they were pretty much simple text files.
I worded that question with great care to be as broad as possible "non-paper-based content delivery systems", so txt files would count. Whether you consider that documentation to have been "recreational reading", the other part of the question, is entirely your call.
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