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A modern version of the TRS-80 Model 100 would be a pretty amazing thing. Along with the Psion and eMate were amazingly production little machines.



There is the FreeWrite [0], which seems to be targeted at just writers, which is in some respects the spiritual successor to the TRS-80 Model 100. I could swear I saw at least one other Kickstarter with something similar, but this was the only one I could find.

[0] https://getfreewrite.com/

Edit: Here’s another similar product called the AlphaSmart [1], but this one was ultimately discontinued.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaSmart


We used to use those AlphaSmarts to learn how to type in elementary school in the early 2000's, before our school got a laptop cart that could be wheeled between classrooms.

Good times.


FreeWrite is intentionally limited where the TRS-80 Model 100 had a lot of programmibility and people doing cool things.


The DIY version would be a PCB with an ATmega32u4, an SD card slot, a similarly-sized LCD screen, and a lithium-ion battery. You'd attach a portable USB keyboard of your liking.




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