so recently when i was out perusing the local thrift store i found an alphasmart 3000 for literally ten dollars and it gave me so much nostalgia (i used to have to use them in school!!) it basically considered itself a necessary expense. of course as soon as i got it i plugged it in at the library to see if there were still files, and there WERE, in ALL EIGHT FILE SLOTS. oh it was my lucky day. i'll post in a second the text from them. the better (? perhaps equally good) thing was when i opened her up to replace the corroded rechargeable battery (who sells these things to a secondhand store without taking that out these days???) i found THIS on her...
(a photo of the innards of an alphasmart 3000, which is a word processor. the artwork of the PCB, besides the usual layout, has a big smiley face and the text, "Rise and Shout the AlphaSmart's Out!!! Designed by Joe Barrus and Brad Daw")
isn't that amazing??? the files on it are pretty amazing too - they're like the answers to the most 90's-early aughts high school history (?? social studies?) ever.

















