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  • New psion-like thingy

    From bodgesoc@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 6 07:45:03 2017
    https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/27/the_psions_is_back_meet_gemini/

    Time will tell if it is ever more than vapourware, but I have put up the money for one just in case.

    The price is approximately the same number as the original, which has me wondering how I managed to afford the 3a all those years ago.

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  • From losborne74@gmail.com@21:1/5 to andy pugh on Thu Mar 9 10:21:52 2017
    On Monday, 6 March 2017 15:45:04 UTC, andy pugh wrote:
    https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/27/the_psions_is_back_meet_gemini/

    Time will tell if it is ever more than vapourware, but I have put up the money for one just in case.

    The price is approximately the same number as the original, which has me wondering how I managed to afford the 3a all those years ago.

    Yup - I looked at this and considered it worthy of stumping up the cash.

    It misses a few of the things that made the 3 and 5 Series so good - like the minimalist but capable OS and the incredible battery life - but it has the potential to be really useful and reintroduce some of the classic features that made Psions such a
    joy to own.

    Fingers crossed!

    I've tried using Psions recently, but sadly they've just aged too badly to be particularly useful these days. PsiWin won't work properly on new versions of Windows and the lack of serial ports on PCs is a problem. Hopefully that will be overcome by this
    device.

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  • From Graham Thurlwell@21:1/5 to losborne74@gmail.com on Mon Mar 13 18:56:22 2017
    On the 9 Mar 2017, losborne74@gmail.com wrote:

    the lack of serial ports on PCs is a problem. Hopefully that will be
    overcome by this device.

    Oddly a new office computer we recently got at work had a serial port
    on it, a Windows 7 Core i3 system. Seemed to be a strange choice.

    Serial port cards are widely available, StarTech
    (http://www.startech.com) have a big range of solutions including
    PCI-Express cards for use in bleeding-edge motherboards.

    The card I use with my PC and trusty 5mx has the part reference
    PEX2S5531P https://www.startech.com/uk/Cards-Adapters/Serial-Cards-Ada pters/2S1P-Port-PCI-Express-Parallel-Serial-Combo-Card-16550-UART~PEX2S5531P and works very well.

    The new thing does look interesting but for the time being I'm happy
    with my 5mx.

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  • From andy pugh@21:1/5 to Graham Thurlwell on Tue Mar 14 04:32:17 2017
    On Monday, March 13, 2017 at 6:56:54 PM UTC, Graham Thurlwell wrote:

    Oddly a new office computer we recently got at work had a serial port
    on it, a Windows 7 Core i3 system.

    The last PC motherboard I bought came with 3 x RS232 and 1 x RS232/422/485 ports, and the back panel adaptors.
    http://www.mini-itx.com/store/~JNF9C-2800
    I think that the serial port is far from dead.

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