Teleprocessor

"Unquestionably the most versatile communication unit ever devised."

The brochure says so.

Dating from the mid 80's this was moderately revolutionary - essentially a portable wordprocessor-cum-printer. The specs make entertaining reading. The 14k memory was considered enough for up to nine document files.

My, how we've bloated since.

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This is another item now on eBay (at 99p, and it already has watchers!)

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My father had a phrase, I don't know if it had any other origin*, "After the Lord Mayor's Show, cometh the man with the bucket and spade." . Sorry I can't keep up yesterday's standard - especially in the drizerable weather we've had all day!

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*A quick Google seems to find many instances of "After the Lord Mayor's show...", but none with the "cometh..."