Does this exist - very simple word processor

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BDK
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Does this exist - very simple word processor

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Ideally, I would like a machine with a very simple display, preferably green text on a black background.

I'd like a simple way to build a "table of contents," and a method of getting that into Word, etc - either via a keyboard emulator, or something else.

Even better would be something portable with an e-ink screen, but I'm pretty sure that doesn't exist.
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Denis
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Re: Does this exist - very simple word processor

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Check ebay for a Psion 5mx or the Ericsson branded model thereof. Portable, monochrome screen, decent word processor, nice keyboard. I wrote literally tens of thousands of pages on mine before it was stolen and I replaced it with an IBM Thinkpad laptop.

Good luck getting your data off it and onto a PC these days though: they used to come with Win 3.11 and Win 95 transfer software and a serial cable. The Ericsson one could also be hooked into an Ericsson cellphone for mobile internet. Maybe someone has come up with a serial to USB dongle by now...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Series_5

There was a later, larger version called the Netbook, and later again the Netbook Pro.
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