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  1. Big and small

    (The laptop is a ThinkPad X230 and the PDA is a Psion 5)

  2. #Psion fans! Which machine(s) do you own?

    Please reply to this post with more details:
    - Exactly which machine(s)?
    - Do you use it/them regularly?
    - What do you use it/them for?
    - Anything else you'd like to add.

    #retrocomputing #Psion3 #Psion3a #Psion5 #Psion5mx #MC400 #Organiser #permacomputing

  3. Was thinking of making a video this weekend on installing #PsiWin in a WinXP VM and use a USB-RS232 adapter. Turns out someone's beaten me to it!

    youtube.com/watch?v=VkMYmOT3qz

    Two things I'd like to add.

    - PL2303 USB-RS232 adapters work best. I use a UGREEN one. A link to the driver is at the top of this page (works fine in XP): prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct
    - The link to PsiWin in the video's description is dead. Use this instead: garethjmsaunders.co.uk/2021/03

    #retrocomputing #Psion #Psion3 #Psion3a #Psion5

  4. DIY smartphone keyboard made from salvaged Psion 5 PDA parts

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    An official PinePhone keyboard accessory is on the way, and a handful of modern phones even have physical keyboards […]

    https://liliputing.com/?p=145129

    #bluetoothKeyboard #diy #hacks #linuxsmartphones #pda #pinephone #psion5 #psionSeries5