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  • Zerowriter Fold: clamshell, e-ink, mechanical keyboard

    From Retrograde@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, May 26, 2026 21:54:09
    From the ®want¯ department:
    Feed: Liliputing
    Title: Zerowriter Fold is a distraction-free writing device with an E
    Ink display, mechanical keyboard and clamshell design (crowdfunding)
    Author: Brad Linder
    Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 15:39:08 +0000
    Link: https://liliputing.com/zerwriter-fold-distraction-free-writing-device-has-an-e-ink-display-mechanical-keyboard-and-clamshell-design-crowdfunding/

    After launching a crowdfunding campaign in 2024, the creator of the
    Zerowriter Ink began shipping the portable writing device with an E Ink
    display and mechanical keyboard earlier this year. One drawback to that
    model though, was that the screen wasn?t tilted forward, making it hard
    to see what you?re typing without moving your neck. [?]

    The post Zerowriter Fold is a distraction-free writing device with an E
    Ink display, mechanical keyboard and clamshell design (crowdfunding)[1] appeared first on Liliputing[2].

    Links:
    [1]: https://liliputing.com/zerwriter-fold-distraction-free-writing-device-has-an-e-ink-display-mechanical-keyboard-and-clamshell-design-crowdfunding/ (link)
    [2]: https://liliputing.com/ (link)


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  • From Mechanicjay@3:633/10 to All on Friday, May 29, 2026 05:02:28
    On 26 May 2026 21:54:09 GMT, Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote: >From the ®want¯ department:
    Feed: Liliputing
    Title: Zerowriter Fold is a distraction-free writing device with an E
    Ink display, mechanical keyboard and clamshell design (crowdfunding)
    Author: Brad Linder
    Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 15:39:08 +0000
    Link: https://liliputing.com/zerwriter-fold-distraction-free-writing-device-has-an-e-ink-display-mechanical-keyboard-and-clamshell-design-crowdfunding/

    After launching a crowdfunding campaign in 2024, the creator of the >Zerowriter Ink began shipping the portable writing device with an E Ink >display and mechanical keyboard earlier this year. One drawback to that
    model though, was that the screen wasn?t tilted forward, making it hard
    to see what you?re typing without moving your neck. [?]

    The post Zerowriter Fold is a distraction-free writing device with an E
    Ink display, mechanical keyboard and clamshell design (crowdfunding)[1] >appeared first on Liliputing[2].

    Links:
    [1]: https://liliputing.com/zerwriter-fold-distraction-free-writing-device-has-an-e-ink-display-mechanical-keyboard-and-clamshell-design-crowdfunding/ (link)
    [2]: https://liliputing.com/ (link)


    We picked up the FreeWrite Traveler a year or so ago, which looks like it's the same basic idea, thinking it would help our teen with distraction free writing. I was pretty interested in it myself for the same reason.

    The Freewrite, at anyrate didn't really live up to it's promise, its just very slow and I can outtype the screen refresh by 5-10 characters, making it pretty miserable to use.

    https://getfreewrite.com/products/freewrite-traveler

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    Jason
    Sent from my Personal DECstation 5000/25

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  • From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Friday, May 29, 2026 07:52:58
    On Fri, 29 May 2026 05:02:28 -0000 (UTC), Mechanicjay wrote:

    We picked up the FreeWrite Traveler a year or so ago, which looks
    like it's the same basic idea, thinking it would help our teen with distraction free writing. I was pretty interested in it myself for
    the same reason.

    You could just log into a text console on a Linux laptop and run a
    text editor like Emacs full-screen.

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