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Anyone still got one? Bought mine 18 years ago, been repaired a few times only for the cable to the screen, and backlights, backlight doesn't work now, and the repair shop in Stretham tells me they have no spares for that. Think it was about £160.00
Still use it, used it a few minutes ago to look up some passwords I store those in their version of excel.
Have quite a lot of programmes in excel as well on there. Even bought a used one as a spare.
Still use it, used it a few minutes ago to look up some passwords I store those in their version of excel.
Have quite a lot of programmes in excel as well on there. Even bought a used one as a spare.
Wow blast from the past. I had a couple of Psion's but neither were actually Psion badged.
I had an Acorn badged one, called a pocketbook IIRC which was a rebadged version of your 3, although it may have been a slightly earlier 3 than your MX
I then got a 5MX but again this one was actually the rebadged version sold as an Ericsson.
Loved both of them.
I had an Acorn badged one, called a pocketbook IIRC which was a rebadged version of your 3, although it may have been a slightly earlier 3 than your MX
I then got a 5MX but again this one was actually the rebadged version sold as an Ericsson.
Loved both of them.
annodomini2 said:
Just taken delivery of one - really nice piece of hardware. If it survives financially iteration 2 or 3 should be really good.As it stands it's a decent usable device.
Vipers said:
Anyone still got one? Bought mine 18 years ago, been repaired a few times only for the cable to the screen, and backlights, backlight doesn't work now, and the repair shop in Stretham tells me they have no spares for that. Think it was about £160.00
Still use it, used it a few minutes ago to look up some passwords I store those in their version of excel.
Have quite a lot of programmes in excel as well on there. Even bought a used one as a spare.
I was obsessed with them - great devices in the day.Still use it, used it a few minutes ago to look up some passwords I store those in their version of excel.
Have quite a lot of programmes in excel as well on there. Even bought a used one as a spare.
The only one I have that works is a 7 now. If it had a modern screen and wifi it would a superb work device.
soad said:
How much were these new? £300 iirc? Seemed quite steep at the time and I never bought one...
Release Date 1998 Price £269.95
Processor 16 bit NEC V30MX, 80C86 compatible, 27.684 Mhz
Rom 2Mb
Ram 2Mb
Power 2 x AA size, AC adaptor 9v 250mA
Backup battey Standard Lithium CR 2025 battery
Communication RS232 Fast Serial Port
Keyboard 58 key QWERTY computer style, 9 touch-sensitive keys for task selection
Expansion 2 drives
Backlit Yes
Size 165mm x 85mm x 22mm
Weight 275g including 2xAA batteries
Screen 480 x 160 LCD
Sound Microphone loudspeaker and CODEC provide digital sound recording and playback with a sample rate of 8k per second, 8 bits wide (12 bits compressed to 8). DTMF auto-dialling
Still got mine but it's been u/s for a large number of years now due to the power feed from the battery to the PCB failing (many times) and my repairs having now knackered the PCB where the +3v feeds into the PCB. I kept meaning to find another point to hardwire the +VCC to but never quite got around to it. Loved that device! Upgraded it to a Palm III which I think still works but hasn't had batteries in it for a few years. Biggest issue mow will be getting an old PC running to upload progs etc to the Palm III (I still have a few I could get working at a push!).
ciege said:
I bloody love Psion stuff...
And yes the 3MX is the ultimate, I would argue better than the 5MX
The one on the left when you pull it out of the case, got one of those as well. And yes the 3MX is the ultimate, I would argue better than the 5MX
Years ago there was a police raid, and the cocky crim deleted all info from his Psion, the one we are talking about, unbeknown to him, deleted stuff was retrievable, it was and he went down.
Good to know I am not the only one still using a Psion. Mine lives in a lovely leather pouch by Vega which the OH got me just after I got the Psion.
JimbobVFR said:
Wow blast from the past. I had a couple of Psion's but neither were actually Psion badged.
I had an Acorn badged one, called a pocketbook IIRC which was a rebadged version of your 3, although it may have been a slightly earlier 3 than your MX
I then got a 5MX but again this one was actually the rebadged version sold as an Ericsson.
Loved both of them.
You mentioned the 5mx, at the time I couldnt afford the 5mx, so got the 3mx, used one though, my pals, wrote some programmes for him. Really liked the stylus.I had an Acorn badged one, called a pocketbook IIRC which was a rebadged version of your 3, although it may have been a slightly earlier 3 than your MX
I then got a 5MX but again this one was actually the rebadged version sold as an Ericsson.
Loved both of them.
Vipers said:
You mentioned the 5mx, at the time I couldnt afford the 5mx, so got the 3mx, used one though, my pals, wrote some programmes for him. Really liked the stylus.
Mine was the Ericsson version, when I bought it the Psion was quite a bit more expensive despite them being identical devices. 
I sold my 3mx to a lady barrister who basically ran her business on them & was stocking up on spares whenever they appeared on ebay. I managed to run my business on it for a few years using the spreadsheet to produce invoices & the Money program to run my finances. When I eventually moved to a PC & just imported the Money file into Quicken & it worked perfectly.
Sadly it suffered with the hinge flexi cable problem which was one of the reasons I moved on from it. I must get round to ebaying the lovely leather case I have for it.
Sadly it suffered with the hinge flexi cable problem which was one of the reasons I moved on from it. I must get round to ebaying the lovely leather case I have for it.
I have a 5 and a 7 (!) in a drawer. They are no more than curiosities these days. Using them today for real productivity would be self-inflicted torture.
I remember rebooking flights in the Air France lounge at Orly twenty years ago using my 5 connected to the internet via a PCMCIA card adapter and a cable to my Nokia 8110. That it could be done at all was astonishing, but nothing could induce me to go back to that!
I remember rebooking flights in the Air France lounge at Orly twenty years ago using my 5 connected to the internet via a PCMCIA card adapter and a cable to my Nokia 8110. That it could be done at all was astonishing, but nothing could induce me to go back to that!
Mr Pointy said:
I sold my 3mx to a lady barrister who basically ran her business on them & was stocking up on spares whenever they appeared on ebay. I managed to run my business on it for a few years using the spreadsheet to produce invoices & the Money program to run my finances. When I eventually moved to a PC & just imported the Money file into Quicken & it worked perfectly.
Sadly it suffered with the hinge flexi cable problem which was one of the reasons I moved on from it. I must get round to ebaying the lovely leather case I have for it.
Had the hinge cable fixed a few times by a place in Streatham, they no longer have spares. Sadly it suffered with the hinge flexi cable problem which was one of the reasons I moved on from it. I must get round to ebaying the lovely leather case I have for it.
My wife bought me a lovely case for my birthday years ago, lovely piece of kit, name on it is "Holster". Just remembered the 3mx could emit dialling codes in sound, hold the phone to it and it dialled the number.
Still use mine for bits and pieces.
desolate said:
I was obsessed with them - great devices in the day.
The only one I have that works is a 7 now. If it had a modern screen and wifi it would a superb work device.
The 7 was such a near miss that the developers should have been shot. It had a PCMCIA slot. All it needed was to be compatible with the 802.11b cards that came out as the 7. That would have made it a killer device.The only one I have that works is a 7 now. If it had a modern screen and wifi it would a superb work device.
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