... lots of #PDA #Newton #Psion #Zaurus #Avigo #HP #clie

State of the collection in 2026

My latest eBay purchase. It's complete apart from the 3.5" software disks (it does have the 5.25" software disks).

I don't have any way of reading 3.5" or 5.25" disks, so the missing disks don't bother me.

It was sold as untested, so I'll see if it works later. It was very well packaged, so if it doesn't work, it won't be due to damage in transit.

#PsionCommunity #psion #RetroComputing

Dinner came to an end, and several of the assembled knights opened up their refurbished Psions and Apple Newtons to commence the evening's jestposting.

Our Lady Joan Mastodon finished her bowl of rhubarb crumble (she loved rhubarb crumble and always took seconds), then she spoke:

Remember, my friends, we toot for The Now. Don't toot for the archives. There's no chisel and marble in the Fediverse, my friends, only our frail temporary voices, heard in the moment, then forgotten. Jest away. And thank you, Sir Alfred, for tonight's rhubarb crumble. It was very good. You've surpassed yourself.

#JoanMastodon #ephemera #RhubarbCrumble #Psion #AppleNewton

#Psion machines I'll probably never own:

• Psion MC200: Same as the MC400, but with a half-height screen (640x200).
• Psion MC600: One of two DOS machines that Psion made. Laptop form-factor. 15 years ago you couldn't give them away. Now people try to sell them for £700+.
• Psion HC-DOS: The other DOS machine. I've only ever seen it mentioned in the SIBO HDK. Maybe US-only? For all I know, it never actually existed.
• Xemplar Pocket Book III: A rebadged Series 3c. The Pocket Book I and II (rebadged versions of the Series 3 and 3a, respectively) were released under Acorn's own brand and aimed at the education market. The PB3 was released under the Xemplar brand, a collaboration between Acorn and Apple. I don't think many of them were made. I've never seen one for sale, but I do own a copy of the user guide!

New toy arrived last night, gave it a clean and some fresh batteries and it fired up. Not bad for something that is older than most of my colleagues 😂

I was a teenager when these were released and I lusted after one so badly. Finally got my hands on one and it does not disappoint. I would like to thank @kianryan for enabling this 😂 with an excellent talk at @oggcamp. If anyone needs me I will be deep in a vintage tech rabbit hole for the foreseeable future.
#psion #vintagetech

My #Psion netBook is working again!

I had to replace the fuse twice. Thanks to the first attempt, I'm now 99.999% certain that the old 15V Psion PSU has gone spicy.

I've ordered a USB-C PD adapter with a 4817 barrel jack at the other end.

If I have to do this one more time, I'm tempted to fit a replaceable fuse somewhere in the chassis.