Subj : Re: Toshiba Libretto
To   : Shaggy
From : Bob Worm
Date : Tue Nov 07 2023 09:37:52

  Re: Re: Toshiba Libretto
  By: Shaggy to Poindexter Fortran on Mon Nov 06 2023 23:45:44

Hi, Shaggy.

 > If there was a device back then with CE and the PSION
 > keyboard, that would've been better.

I have a series 5 up in the loft (this loft is starting to sound like an Alladin's cave) but, as they often do, the display has stopped working on it. I may revive it one day but I gather that's quite an expensive thing to do - I wonder if there's an IPS screen replacement for those? That would be lovely :)

I really liked Psion's OS, as well. It's a shame they're not around any more :(

 > I think I might walk into my next meeting with the CIO and whip out my
 > Libretto. See what his reaction is. :)

I was thinking of taking my Acorn A3020 with me to the datacentre the next time I'm there. I imagine it might attract some odd looks sat on a crash trolley, especially if I started inserting 3.5" floppies into it. In truth, I work on telecoms / networking kit so anything with a 9600 baud serial port is perfectly fine.

In fact that's how I found out the Psion was dead - I thought it would be ideal as an ultra-portable serial terminal and got it out for that purpose.

Speaking of professional computing, another one of my permanently shelved projects was to take my son's old Leapfrog Clickstart "My First Computer" and decode the IR coming out of the keyboard and mouse so that it could be used as an input device on a "real" computer.

For those unfamiliar:

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2007/06/27/technology/28computer.600.jpg

I got some way into that project using a logic analyser but never got to a working prototype. Anyway, I thought it would be pretty amazing to use as a daily runner, or at least to take into the office and to pretend to use it as a daily runner...

We are an interesting group...

BobW
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