oh, and one other thing
Aug. 10th, 2006 02:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mmegaeraThe Y-cable to my Alphasmart (www.alphasmart.com) died this week, too. It basically replaces the keyboard cable with one that has a second outlet that plugs into the Alphie without having to unplug the keyboard, at which point you open your word processor and hit send so it can do its keyboard emulator thing. I just plugged my keyboard cable directly into the CPU and so I still have a keyboard. But I can't upload from the Alphie until the new Y-cable arrives (it's supposed to come today or tomorrow), and while I reached the end of Chapter 28, I can't *do* anything with it until I can get it uploaded!
The Alphie is wonderful for writing. It's lightweight, it runs basically forever on three AA batteries (I've had it six years and replaced the batteries once), it's pretty much indestructible (it was originally intended for classroom use), and it goes anywhere. Oh, and you can't do *anything* on it but write. No games, no email, no nothing. Which is why it's better than a laptop [g].
However, it's piss-poor for editing and revising, due to the small screen and the fact that its word processor is a bit -- basic. So I am stuck. Until the new cable comes.
I believe the operative word here is "Uncle!"
The Alphie is wonderful for writing. It's lightweight, it runs basically forever on three AA batteries (I've had it six years and replaced the batteries once), it's pretty much indestructible (it was originally intended for classroom use), and it goes anywhere. Oh, and you can't do *anything* on it but write. No games, no email, no nothing. Which is why it's better than a laptop [g].
However, it's piss-poor for editing and revising, due to the small screen and the fact that its word processor is a bit -- basic. So I am stuck. Until the new cable comes.
I believe the operative word here is "Uncle!"
