A Conversation for History of the Personal Data Assistant (PDA)
Psion LZ64
Pierre Menard, author of the Quixote Started conversation Mar 31, 2004
Anyone remember the LZ64?
It was similar to the two-line device mentioned in the article, except it had a four-line display.
I had one with an RS-232 adaptor that slotted into the top.
Every morning, my BBC Master 128 switched on, booted from floppy, and downloaded a selection of pages from teletext.
When I woke up, I'd plug my LZ64 into the BBC Master, and download the pages. Voila! An electronic newspaper!
Not bad for the late 1980s. The software was a complete pig to write, though. 
Not a patch on an iPAQ, of course, but they were fun times.
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