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Re:A $35 keyboard for children transformed me into a novelist by arnado on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @11:04AM (#23628642)
It reminds me of the TRS-80 model 100. I seem to remember reading a story linked here a while back regarding the 100 and how popular it was for journalists to write stories on, and maybe be uploaded via modem to the editor when completed? (I might be remembering this incorrectly)
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Re:A $35 keyboard for children transformed me into a novelist by fanf2 on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @11:55AM (#23629435)
You are thinking of this http://wayne.lorentz.me/This_TRS-80/
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Re:A $35 keyboard for children transformed me into a novelist by arnado on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @12:54PM (#23630544)
yes, thank you. I'll have to read over it again and refresh my memory.
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Re:A $35 keyboard for children transformed me into a novelist by walrus01 on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @11:20AM (#23628892)
The common setup that I've seen photos of consisted of a model 100 and an acoustic coupler set sized to fit a north american standard payphone handset. Typically a 300 baud modem to dial in to a special system operated by wire services and large newspapers and file the plaintext of the story.

ignore the cellphone part here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQqWHLZjOjA

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