The Cidco MailStation is a series of dedicated e-mail terminals sold
in the 2000s as simple, standalone devices for people to use to send and receive
e-mail over dialup modem.
While their POP3 e-mail functionality is of little use today, the hardware is a
neat Z80 development platform that integrates a 320x128 LCD, full QWERTY keyboard,
and an internal modem.
After purchasing one (ok, four) on eBay some months ago, I've learned enough
about the platform to write my own software that allows it to be a terminal for
accessing BBSes via its modem or as a terminal for a Unix machine connected over
parallel cable.
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