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(a very long shot) Looking for Mind Tools by Widget Software, Psion 5MX, 1999!
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Posted by Dave M
Mar 9, 2018 at 09:05 PM
washere wrote:
>Is this the only reason for going Jurassic?
not the *only* reason…
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
> Ah the Psion 5 MX; there has never been anything like it since… It only had one flaw, its overtight spring, which led the screen to easily close with too much force. I had to repair it twice.
It’s an amazing little machine. No internet, no USB, 2 AA batteries for power, and 10-20 hours of typing and usage before you have to swap the batteries. Start-up time so negligible that it’s on and operational before you’ve finished opening the case. Sits comfortably in a pocket and yet you get keys with more travel than my 2016 macbook, and a touchscreen. Lightweight OS with windowing, multitasking, document embedding, and *great* fax support (nearly as good as the Newton!)
I’d gotten into the Alphasmart as a minimal markdown editing machine but it’s just so big that you might as well carry a laptop. The Psion is ridiculously portable.
/ sales pitch over, as is (sadly) psion manufacturing
Posted by Franz Grieser
Mar 9, 2018 at 09:06 PM
@Dave: I offered Andreas he could send the file(s) to me. I’d try to send them via email or put it/them on my webspace.
Posted by Dave M
Mar 9, 2018 at 09:35 PM
Thanks, Franz. My linguistic limitations are not helping this much!
I’d be happy to share the license, but we’ll have to let each other know when we’re using it so we’re not running it on two machines at the same time. :)
Posted by washere
Mar 9, 2018 at 10:32 PM
>washere wrote:
>>Is this the only reason for going Jurassic?
>Dave M wrote:
>not the *only* reason…
I thought so, knock yourself out pal.
Posted by Franz Grieser
Mar 9, 2018 at 11:27 PM
Dave M wrote:
>I’d be happy to share the license, but we’ll have to let each other know
>when we’re using it so we’re not running it on two machines at the same
>time. :)
Thanks, Dave. I haven’t switched on my Psion 5 for a few years. And I don’t plan to do so in the future. :-)