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Re: The Last Psion - Adding Modern Flash Storage and Wi-Fi to the Series 3c

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On Friday, 5 October 2018 08:14:28 UTC+1, kelvin....@gmail.com  wrote:
> Just wanted to add this is an AMAZING idea :D As much as I want to like the Gemini it is just an Android device with a good keyboard. The Psion's were much more than just the physical side, they were also a great simple operating system with powerful (if somewhat cut down) applications. I used my 3A to write reports on.
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> My dream has always been to have a Psion5 with modern connectivity but the classic OS updated to take advantage of it. Just wish I had the knowledge to be able to create it, I am limited to Arduino's lol
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> Good luck with this and if you are able to get a working device at the end, and sell it ;), I will certainly look at adding it to my retro hardware collection :D

Thanks, Kelvin! I've had to pause this project for a couple of weeks - work has taken over, and I'm still waiting for the logic analyser to arrive from Hong Kong - but I'll be back on it in November. In the meantime I've been reading up on all the things I need to learn, as well as watching a lot of reverse-engineering videos on YouTube.

I also have a 5mx at home that I'd quite like to do something with in the future. It won't read any of my CF cards, not even ones I used to use in my old Series 5. I'm hoping it's something simple like a capacitor needing replacement, but I've not done any work with surface-mount electronics before.

Must dash, much to learn! :-)

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The Last Psion - Adding Modern Flash Storage and Wi-Fi to the Series 3c paltoran@gmail.com - 2018-09-17 13:48 -0700
  Re: The Last Psion - Adding Modern Flash Storage and Wi-Fi to the Series 3c Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2018-09-17 22:36 +0100
    Re: The Last Psion - Adding Modern Flash Storage and Wi-Fi to the Series 3c paltoran@gmail.com - 2018-09-18 15:17 -0700
      Re: The Last Psion - Adding Modern Flash Storage and Wi-Fi to the Series 3c Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2018-09-19 11:24 +0100
        Re: The Last Psion - Adding Modern Flash Storage and Wi-Fi to the Series 3c Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2018-09-19 11:31 +0100
  Re: The Last Psion - Adding Modern Flash Storage and Wi-Fi to the Series 3c kelvin.shirley@gmail.com - 2018-10-05 00:14 -0700
    Re: The Last Psion - Adding Modern Flash Storage and Wi-Fi to the Series 3c paltoran@gmail.com - 2018-10-08 02:43 -0700
      Re: The Last Psion - Adding Modern Flash Storage and Wi-Fi to the Series 3c paltoran@gmail.com - 2018-10-30 08:15 -0700

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