The Last Psion | Alex5d ago

I had a dead #Psion netBook.

I say "had." It is no longer dead.

There's a fuse on the mainboard of these machines that has a habit of blowing. Researching in conjunction with @heliopolitan, we found a potential replacement. They arrived today, and with my incredibly amateurish soldering skills (and nearly losing half the screws and a nut across the carpet), I now have a working netBook!

#RetroComputing #EPOC32

Show threadHowToPhil5d ago
@thelastpsion @heliopolitan Also, this is why fuses should be socketed in some way and not soldered
Show threadThe Last Psion | Alex
@howtophil @heliopolitan Absolutely! Who knows how many Series 7s/netBooks went to landfill because of this.
Apr 10 at 9:06pmWeb
Show threadHeliopolitan4d ago
@thelastpsion @howtophil They are a very weird machine, but that keyboard is awesome.
Show threadHowToPhil4d ago
@heliopolitan @thelastpsion I still have my Asus N1000 netbook. Keyboard is just big enough to still be comfortable and has decent travel. Runs AntiX linux so I can use wordgrinder, focuswriter, libreoffice... etc etc