@inlovewithpda@chaos.social
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May 07, 2026
in ♥️ with PDA (and 🐧)
@inlovewithpda@chaos.social
Collector of PDA (Personal Digital Assistant): Mainly Apple MessagePad (Newton), Psion and Palm. But also with a weakness for Zaurus, Avigo and other rarities. Left the Apple cosmos after nearly 20 years. User of the reMarkable tablet since the first model. Linux-User with C64 and Amiga on the desk. Likes Fedora since Red Hat 6.0. But currently uses Debian stable (and loves it). Has a crush on alternative systems like Haiku.
chaos.social
Sometimes there is a lucky found for a #pda collector... A #psion serie 3mx in good shape with working battery holder
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@dualkei@hachyderm.io
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May 01, 2026
Keith Mitchell🏳️⚧️
@dualkei@hachyderm.io
This Mastodon presence is for my personal stuff. Expect technology, travel, SF, commentary on politics and the gender caste system, ephemera, http://www.keithmitchell.co.uk
hachyderm.io
1990s PDA keyboard meets 2020s personal device :-) #psion
Best tiny keyboard ever made.
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@thelastpsion@oldbytes.space
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Apr 12, 2026
The Last Psion | Alex
@thelastpsion@oldbytes.space
#Psion hardware/software hackery, especially SIBO/EPOC16 (Series 3, etc). 🔸 Made #PsiDrive, a USB drive for Psion SSDs using #RP2350 🔸 Slowly rewriting the SIBO SDK in #ObjectPascal #FreePascal (yes, really) 🔸 Co-maintainer of #plptools ⚠️ WARNING: WILL SIDEQUEST ⚠️ (#HaikuOS, #Linux, #BSD, #MAME, #NeoVim, #compilers) Have old Psion source code (#OPL, C, C++, asm), docs or schematics? Please get in touch! #RetroComputing #permacomputing #RightToRepair #OfflineFirst #luddite #CodeIsArt
oldbytes.space
One of my many sidequests is to try to get #NetBSD running on one of my #Psion Series 5mx machines. But I have a few issues/thoughts:
I'm struggling to find instructions on how to do this. (Can you help, @netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org ?)Because I can't find any instructions (granted, I was very tired when I tried last night), I'm a little worried that no one has tried this for quite some time.Both of my 5mx units and my working S5 are refusing to read any of my seven Compact Flash cards. Including the one that the netBook uses to boot. I have no idea how to fix that, and I don't really want to buy another 5mx as they ain't cheap.The winning 5mx will get a RAM upgrade to 32MB. (Yes, that's doable.)
If I can get something working, then that will encourage others in the #PsionCommunity to try. So we might actually get people running a modern OS on Series 5 machines. Also, as there are a good number of programmers in that community, we might get more eyes on the code.
Finally, if that all works out, then it might be possible to get it running on the (currently unsupported) netBook, too.
#Psion5mx #retrocomputing
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@cyningstan@mastodon.social
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Jan 28, 2026
Cyningstan
@cyningstan@mastodon.social
Developing #retrogames for the #ibmpc of the early 1980s running #msdos and featuring #cga graphics. Turn-based strategy, puzzle and RPG! Fun in all four colours. With a fondness for Sinclair #zxspectrum and #psion handhelds too.
mastodon.social
You can emulate #Dragonfell on modern systems via DOSBox and a free #PsionSeries3 emulator for #msdos. There's an emulation package that provides step-by-step instructions for obtaining and installing the two emulators, as well as a version of the game packaged specifically for those emulators. Future plans might possibly include an #msdos #cga version of the game, but in the mean time, this is a good solution. Get it from https://cyningstan.itch.io/dragonfell-psion-3 #Psion
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