emmeciMay 5, 2018
Andrew (Television Executive)

The boot screen lists my name, position and company.

So, of course, I'm a Wizard at The Guide (the job I wanted when I was 7, and the company I wanted to work for when I was 14.)

I chucked my smaller CF card in it, and was greeted by all the applications I used on my old LX as well as a few notes files I haven't touched in years, and a couple of games.

I gotta find my CF > USB adapter so that I can start working this back in to my regular workflow.

May 4, 2018 at 8:32pmWeb
Show threadSean R. Lynch ☑️May 4, 2018
@ajroach42 Can that do stuff other than storage over CF? My Psion 5MX could only do storage, so I couldn't use a CF to Ethernet adapter or anything. I might have been able to get PPP working over serial but I'm not sure if the OS has networking support. I do recall using it as a terminal.
Show threadSean R. Lynch ☑️May 4, 2018
@ajroach42 I talk about the Psion in the past tense but I still have it somewhere. I should break it out and see if I can get it working again. The screen is cracked which messes up the stylus, unfortunately.
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)May 4, 2018

@seanl a 5mx is on my list of devices to pick up and rehabilitate. If you have any luck with it, let me know.

They are unfortunately expensive these days, so it’ll be a bit before I go that route.

Show threadbhtooefrMay 4, 2018

@seanl @ajroach42 It can, but it uses a non-standard PCMCIA controller, so drivers have to be 200LX specific.

There are drivers that work with a fair amount of NE2000-compatible Ethernet adapters, though - just watch the current draw, 150 mA is all the slot is rated for.

Show threadbhtooefrMay 4, 2018
@seanl @ajroach42 (Also, the early Omnibooks (300, 425, 430) used the same PCMCIA hardware/software, so drivers intended for them that don't need a 286 or 386 will work.)
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)May 4, 2018

@bhtooefr @seanl yep. It’s a pcmcia slot, but my experience has been that most stuff doesn’t work and the stuff that does is expensive or hard to find.

I’ve only ever used it for storage with a cf to pcmcia adapter. I network over the serial port (for which I need a new adapter)

Show threadbhtooefrMay 4, 2018

@ajroach42 @seanl PCMCIA 1.0 was originally only for SRAM and linear flash cards, then an ATA flash card standard was layered on top of that (what CF cards use to this day), then PCMCIA 2.0 added features for I/O cards.

So, a fair amount of devices only bothered implementing PCMCIA 1.0 (the Psion devices were late enough that they had the ATA standard).