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   From: phoena@happilychildfree.com   
      
   About 1998, I went to Wal-Mart and purchased a Royal Electronic   
   Organizer for about $30 or $40. It wasn't real fancy, except for the   
   data port on the side which would interface with a PC and transfer data   
   to and from. I never sent away for the 1/8 to RS-232 cable and software   
   because I didn't own a PC at the time and when I did purchase my next PC   
   it would have been useless.   
      
   Well, I used the Royal for a few years until I got a cell fone which did   
   pretty much the same thing as the Royal did but it wasn't a bulky, had a   
   rechargeable battery, and I could make calls and send texts with the   
   damn thing. So, into a desk drawer the Royal went.   
      
   Fast forward to May 12, 2013 and I am cleaning out my desk drawer and   
   stumble upon said Royal. Turned it on, and surprisingly, it came on but   
   the display was really dull because the batteries were never replaced.   
   Also, there were lines of dead pixels and it was asking for a long   
   forgotten PIN number.   
      
   First thought across my mind was keeping it around as a relic or putting   
   it up on Ebay and maybe some hipster could give me $80 dollars for it.   
   Since was in shitty condition and I have a Casio organizer that is of   
   even earlier vintage, I decided that there was no point in keeping   
   device around.   
      
   I took it to the kitchen and threw it on the tile floor and after a loud   
   crash the cover unhinged and the battery cover became airborne and there   
   were three button batteries on the ground with some screws and metal tabs.   
      
   I took it to the bathroom and threw it on the tile floor in the bathroom   
   and after another loud bang it broke in half. After that, I took it to   
   the bedroom where I propped it up, hit it with a hammer, and the bottom   
   half of the unit, the top half of the unit and the LCD display all went   
   their separate ways.   
      
   At this point the Royal was finished but I decided to hit it again with   
   the hammer just for the hell of it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)