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PDA-ing like it’s 1999 – back into EPOC32 with the Ericsson MC218
Travel back in time to when the Psion Series 5mx (& this re-badged Ericsson model) were the pinnacle of PDA power. 32-bit ARM powered, running for 20+ hours on AA batteries with absolutely beautiful, intuitive OS and included apps... here I get the machine connected via some hacked-up serial leads and struggle with CF compatibility
“Blitz: the club that shaped the 80s” at the Design Museum
I’ve previously talked about why I think 1981 was a pivotal year for UK pop music – and a huge part of that is down to what happened during the two years previous, in a tiny World War 2-themed basement club in Covent Garden, London known as “The Blitz”. An evolution of the Bowie themed Continue reading "“Blitz: the club that shaped the 80s” at the Design Museum"
QR codes on a 1989 laptop
Getting my Psion MC400 laptop running its EPOC OS from 1992 to display QR-codes that link to screenshots auto-converted and auto-cloud-synced by the attached Pi... ;-) phew!
SharPiKeebo – cute little handheld “computer”
Crowd-funded projects promise much but often are hit and miss... this cute Linux handheld looks good, but struggles to deliver with unfinished hardware and out-of-date software drivers...
Battery power & the “Tandy Battery Club”
Remembering Tandy's loss-leading "battery club" from the 1980s - giving away 1 free battery every month to get people in the store
Yanko Design tiny Bluetooth speaker inside a cassette case
A tiny Bluetooth speaker built into a compact-cassette housing. Super cute, super retro.
Psion Series 5 USB keyboard
My take on the old "re-purposing a dead Psion 5's keyboard as USB keyboard" ;-) Using parts from dead Psion Series 5 and 5mx PDAs and an Arduino micro-controller.
A box of “Psion Organisers”
Aquiring some late 1990s PDA keyboards to revive with USB and Bluetooth connections... The Psion Series 5 (like all the Psion PDAs!) was renowned for its excellent mechanical design and the keyboard of the Series 5 was peak!
Clockwork uConsole – a ready made CyberDeck?
My experiences when my Clockworkpi.com uConsole arrived earlier this month - assembling the ready-made cyberdeck and some tweaks & challenges to work around some shortcomings...
PSION MC400 emulated – at last!
A few years after initially posing the question, an answer.... YES, the MC400 is emulated (in MAME 0.273 and later).
Is it Regs?
Asking the question: does it meet BS 7671 - the 18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations?
Latest Raspberry Pi – Psion MC400 Sidecar update
Super-cute Raspberry Pi Zero 2W based Psion-sidecar in a flirc case with 4 port USB hub underneath and an e-ink display on top :-D
Raspberry Pi count in the Home-Office: 10+
Counting up the Raspberry Pis in use in my home office... A top ten that goes up to 11 ;-)
“Electronic Sound” magazine cites 1981 as a pivotal year
How come we're still feeling the musical & cultural aftershocks from the pivotal times of the early 1980s? "Electronic Sound" magazine's latest two issues feature Steve Strange & Rusty Egan's "Blitz Club" and the pop music highlights of 1981.
ASUS zenbook ux303 still limping on…
9 years after I first used my trusty ASUS zenbook ux303 it’s still just about going; the keyboard’s getting flaky-er (lots of keys on the keyboard work intermittently) and of course the hinge repair (drill-through-the-lid™️) has kept the case mechanically alive since 2019…
UTC-traceable flashing Xmas Tree Lights
Using a GPS's UTC-synchronised 1PPS signal to drive a relay to flash some LED Xmas tree lights...