Is this worth getting for distractionless writing?
>>106842725>$699.00hahahahahahahahhahahahahahhabahahaHHssahseahashahaHaHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHJAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAOI'HJ;SEWAFL;KIHJWERAFlk'hj;asdefil'ohjasdfwelihjk;aswedflkh;'nsgadl'iohkeadgwsdihklj;asdgfklnhj;sdgalkhj;'sdfaKLJ;SEADF KLJ;
>>106842873that's the correct price for anyone who'd consider buying it
buildone with a pi pico or something
>>106842725This is the most clear-cut money laundering I have ever seen.I do get the appeal of having "just a digital typewriter" so you can focus on the writing part. But it should cost 20 dollars at the absolute highest.
>>106842725If it was a Psion and cost $100 I'd jump on it.
>>106843144>PsionSo much sovl....
>>106842725Why not just use a typewriter? They still make them, you know?
>>106842725Companies created a problem and will now sell you the solution. You fell for it, yet again.
>>106843164>Why not just use a typewriter?This. And their clickety-clackety noises are soothing.
>>106842725I use a $50 stinkpad running headless linux for that.
i imagine someone can diy one of these?it's just a keyboard and a screen?
>>106843435one of those retarded maid terminals would be perfect.
>>106842873fpbp
ow my neck
>>106842725usecase for neck strain?
>>106843310it's pentium DOS notebook with wp5.1 for me
>>106842725most retarded thing ive seen all dayand ive looked in the mirror already
>Why not just write on my laptop? Well, here’s where my particular context comes in - I’m a professional writer who can more than justify spending the $250/$350 for a writing device, and I’ve become affluent in general and don’t need to worry about that expense. I am not a big gadget guy in general but when there’s a niche device with character I can become smitten, and that’s the case here. I’m also a major romantic when it comes to writing. And I have a specific use case for this thing: big sloppy projects where I’m going to generate a lot of text, have no need for quick turnaround times, and would always do a significant amount of editing on anyway. I’ve already mentioned a new book proposal (which is a long-term thing, not for shopping anytime soon), and I think I’m going to write my next novel with the Freewrite Alpha. I probably wouldn’t write a nonfiction book itself that way, due to my need to constantly research while composing, but who knows? Stuff that’s just for me is already naturally gravitating to the Alpha; I keep a scratch document open at all times for my insatiable need for big directionless documents into which I will pour ideas, lines that spring to me, early feeling-out of whether there’s an idea worth publishing somewhere, complaints about the universe, whatever. For that purpose, the Alpha appears ideal, and I will grab it when I want to write things that don’t at all constitute the day’s work.
>>106842725have a separate productivity setup on another desk, just get an old dell corpo windows laptop (or macbook if you're of that preference) and basic bitch monitor and mouse+keyboard or whatever.don't do gayming or mindless web browsing on your productivity station.
Cheaper to build a zerowriter (open source)
>>106843840>"I'm a faggot">"because I'm white and denied child brides">"thus I find other things to consume endlessly"
>>106842725Men should rape young girls.Everything else is a distraction from that.
>>106842725For the price that thing better have an amazing e-ink screen and superb mechanical keyboard for a flawless typing experience.
>>106842725Feels like just disconnecting the internet on your computer would be enough, if not just get some cheapo / used PC to have it as your "productivity" computer and keep it offline. You'll still have a real, modern computer word processor available with far more functionality, that thing just looks like a novelty thing, the kind of product you buy because you think it's cool rather than it having some real, practical purpose.
Just install Linux without X on some old laptop, and write using Emacs or other terminal editors.
>>106845379This. Install goyo.vim and take the wifi card out.
Just install ghostwriter on a pre-chiclet thinkpad
Can't you still get an alphasmart for like 30 bucks?
>>106842873What he said, really
>>106842725i bought a 5 pack of these for 10 dollarstarantino writes his movies by hand. shakespeare wrote by hand. your first draft of your shit can be done by hand.
>>106844106Wise man once say >never get off in front of your battlestation>>106843156You know it, brother. I just want a simple portable that runs on AA batteries.
>>106846101this but vim with an alpine install without a DE straight from TTY
>>106844244>shitty bitmap font>40 chars per line
>>106846101this plus a pilot g2
>>106843576You're supposed to glance at it, not stare at it
>>106848781Don't just stare at it, eat it.
I'm thinking about getting a tablet + external keyboard.
>>106842725Why is the screen so fucking small?
>>106842725Can't even fully express how much contempt I have for this device. A piece of e-waste junk for LARPing as a writer.Actual serious authors were eager early adopters of word processors in the 1980s that were 1000x more capable and ergonomic than this thing.The idea of some jerkoff thinking he's Hemingway typing on this thing in 2025 when Douglas Adams and Stephen King and the like were eagerly experimenting with the frontiers of computing in their time is hilarious.
>>106842873Holy fucking shit literally just grab the first PC you see sitting on the side of the road and don't connect it to the internet. Costs $0.5 in gas or a few calories if you walk.
>>106844530my fucking god this site is a cesspool
>>106849235As opposed to TikTok?? Or Facebook??? Dear God I'd rather deal with deranged pedophiles than looking at another thirst trap bitch shilling Apple products aaarggg
>>106842915>money launderingI'm so tired of the >something I don't understand = money laundering thing
>>106842873fpbp as usual
>>106849235Hello newfag! Welcome to our board/site! It's considered good netiquitte to not post for a while so as to absorb the culture and improve the overall posting experience. The common consensus is about 1-2 years of "lurking" is enough time for the average person to become accquainted with our posting style. This will let you settle in as well as allow you to accrue images, we often use them as accompaniments to our posts here. Now go out there and stop posting! I look forward to talking to you in one year, champ!
>>106843164>They still make them, you know?Who still makes good typewriters? I've wanted one for a while
>>106849235No it's a cunnypool
>>106842725Yeah, it's so distraction-free you won't even be distracted by what you're writing.
>>106851814>>106843164Bump, I don't want to spend $200+ on a refurbished one
>>106842873Oh my god do people actually pay that much for these? I can literally make the exact same thing for 125ish
>>106842873>$699.00That would buy a lot of legal pads and pencils.
>>106842725Why not just get an eMate 300
>>106842725Hipsters need to be gassed. Just use your fucking computer you retarded faggots.>t. published author
>>106849041Not really a bugThis is for people who need to write, not editI use Ulysses and it has a feature to gray out text that isn’t on the current line so you don’t get distracted by stuff you (mis)typed ten lines up>>106851851Exactly >>106853333I want to say something nice but those had MessagePad 120-tier chips in the MessagePad 2000 eraThe 2000 and the 2100 were the only ones that weren’t shitI can’t imagine the eMate was good>>106842725>>>/lit/
>>106843156Apparently Malazan books were written on one of these.
>>106842725nigga just maximize the window
>>106842873>bahahaHHssahseahashahaHaHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHJAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAOI'HJ;SEWAFL;KIHJWERAFlk'hj;asdefil'ohjasdfwelihjk;aswedflkh;'nsgadl'iohkeadgwsdihklj;asdgfklnhj;sdgalkhj;'sdfaKLJ;SEADF KLJ;What did he mean by this?
