microwriter

/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌraɪtə /

noun

1. a small device with six keys for creating text that can be printed or displayed on a visual display unit

Example Sentences

A Microwriter MW4 hand-held word-processor circa 1980.

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Livermore’s prescient machine, like the Microwriter, could be used without the user even looking at it, but both also have the evident disadvantage that in order to type with it you have to memorize the chords; there is no way to hunt your letters down before you peck them out.

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