As alluded to on the Now page, after my RTA in 2022, the sporting side of
my life slowed down. In the early part of my recovery, I walked in to
Leigh Hackspace, which was in it’s early
days of coming out of Covid lock down.
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lifetrack
How I stream video from every old device on my desk.
I host an almost regular text and graphic adventure stream over on Twitch, where we stream from a range of home computers - 8 bit machines such as the ZX Spectrum and the C64 through to 16 bit machines such as the Atari ST (my preferred platform for Infocom games),...
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lifetrack
Cartridge Software for the Psion Series 3
Similar to less popular handheld of the era, the Gameboy, the Psion used a proprietary cartridge format for distributing commercial software. Psion sold blank cartridges, flashing hardware and duplicators to software houses, as well as releasing a number of titles under their own license. There’s a wide range of commercial...
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Coding
Psion OPL - A built in development environment, when we owned our devices
Shortly after the write-up for the Psion Series 5, I picked up a Psion 3a from a fellow collector through a retro group. The plan was to do a write-up comparing the two platforms. Despite that you can see the DNA carry from the 3 to the 5, they’re distinct...
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Coding
HU-017A RDA5807S FM Radio Kit
I get asked for recommendations for practice soldering kits.
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Making
A One Handed Accessible Keyboard, Inspired by FrogPad
A couple of years ago, I was in an incident that reduced the strength in my left shoulder. I’ve been waiting for an operation to restore the function to that shoulder, but we were warned the post-operative recovery period would be several months. So I started looking for keyboard options...
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Making
Connecting your RC2014 to a Psion 5MX, Psion 3, or other RS232 terminal
Back in the early part of last year, my first frustrated attempts at connecting my Psions to the RC2014 Z80 kit computer ultimately led to building the Sidecar, a small, battery powered Linux computer designed for serial use. The early experiments used a Pi Zero as a go-between between the...
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Coding
Online Psion Document Conversion With PsiConv
TLDR; you can convert Series 5 Word documents to Text, HTML5 or Markdown
using this online service. No guarantees
are made, and for transparency you can view the code here.
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Coding
RC2014 Emulation for Development
Carting your precious RC2014 isn’t always practical.
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Coding
Getting Started With z80asm on the RC2014
Happy New Year.
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