Keebin’ with Kristina: The One with the Auto Harp Typewriter

Illustrated Kristina with an IBM Model M keyboard floating between her hands.

Where do I even begin with this one? Let’s start with the reasoning behind this giant beast’s existence, and that is medical necessity. [crazymittens-r] needed something that would let them …read more Continue reading Keebin’ with Kristina: The One with the Auto Harp Typewriter

Fully Backlit AlphaSmart NEO2 Lights Up the Night

The AlphaSmart NEO and NEO2 are great little word processors for distraction-free writing anywhere you want to go, but they lack the backlight of the later Dana model. Well, [starboyk] has done what many thought impossible and added a backlight to a NEO2. Experience gained from a ton of console …read more

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AlphaSmart Neo Teardown: This is the Way to Write Without Distractions

History will always have its in-between technologies — that stuff that tides us over while the Next Big and Lasting Thing is getting the kinks worked out of it. These kinds of devices often do one thing and do it pretty well. Remember zip drives? Yeah you do. Still have …read more

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