According to the Adafruit Blog, the Workboy was a keyboard accessory released in 1992 that transformed the Game Boy into a pocket information manager. It could store contacts, appointments, and notes, handle currency and temperature conversions, and translate across five languages. It's a fascinating historical footnote—a productivity device that arrived decades before smartphones, complete with all the input awkwardness you'd expect from a keyboard bolted to a handheld game console.

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