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I am using the #AlphasmartNeo to write the documentation of a project I am working on; and it is very sweet to use it.

I really miss this old technology, ready when on, without needs to save or doing anything else.

Because it essentially a tyepewriter and nothing else, the time I need to get focused is extremely short, because there is nothing I can get distract with...

It looks like toy but it is very enjoyable.

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there's nothing quite like #writing on my ancient retro word processor #writerdeck while sitting on the balcony and watching the sunset. pure bliss :3

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it's really funny and also cursed how this thing transfers text to your computer

you hook it up via USB and it acts as a keyboard right? but it literally spits out the entirety of the text in the file when you press "send." like a ghost typing. so you have to open a text file on your computer and let it retype everything one letter at a time xD

incredibly cursed but also very future-proofed i hear :3

#AlphaSmart #AlphaSmartNeo #writing #ADHD

holy shit so word processors for distraction-free writing are the fuckin BEST yo

modern ones like the freewrites are SUPER goddamn expensive but this ancient thingy right here? legiterally from like nearly 20 years ago!!! they were used in classrooms so you can find em secondhand very cheap... but IT. WORKS. SO. GOOD.

i've been able to get into the zone writing and ACTUALLY STAY THERE FOR A MEANINGFUL AMOUNT OF TIME. i can't do that on my laptop. i get so fucking distracted so easily. but this forces me to focus

i've just been writing journal entries on it so far. gonna do that every day i think. to flex the writing muscles and all that. it makes me actually wanna write. i get sucked into it totally. it's so good. if you're a super ADHD writer like me who struggles with staying on task i cannot recommend this highly enough

#AlphaSmart #AlphaSmartNeo #writing #ADHD #writerdeck

these're all custom paintjobs the original looks like this

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damn peeps've really been gettin creative with sprucing up their ancient word processors huh

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