{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "The Microwriter (1983) is a handheld portable word-processor with a chording keyboard. \u00a0It was followed up by the Quinkey...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/33871276184/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://noted.danielrehn.com/post/33844289470/the-microwriter-1983-is-a-handheld-portable\" target=\"_blank\">danielrehn</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwriter\" target=\"_blank\">Microwriter</a> (1983) is a handheld portable word-processor with a chording keyboard. \u00a0It was followed up by the Quinkey (1984)\u2014an add-on for the BBC Micro computer. \u00a0Unfortunately, neither was successful and the concept of a chording keyboard was too alien for an early 1980s computer user. \u00a0(More details at the <a href=\"http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/bibuxton/buxtoncollection/detail.aspx?id=5\" target=\"_blank\">Buxton Collection</a>)</p>\n</blockquote>\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_mc3fy3GpdS1qz7wz9o1_1280_013ce5bbd2c1.png\" />\nThe Microwriter (1983)\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_mc3fy3GpdS1qz7wz9o4_1280_eb01ef25ee6d.png\" />\nMicrowriter Alphabet\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_mc3fy3GpdS1qz7wz9o5_1280_e8fab83f8919.png\" />\nMicrowriter Alphabet: Recommended Learning Sequence\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_mc3fy3GpdS1qz7wz9o3_1280_12340c3f1d41.png\" />\nMicrowriter Punctuation\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_mc3fy3GpdS1qz7wz9o2_1280_f962068ee491.png\" />\nMicrowriter Numerics\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_mc3fy3GpdS1qz7wz9o6_1280_bfe35b2a0b67.jpg\" />\nThe Quinkey (1984)", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/tumblr_mc3fy3GpdS1qz7wz9o1_1280_013ce5bbd2c1.png", "thumbnail_width": 777, "thumbnail_height": 518}