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This machine falls into the same category as the TRS-80 Model 100 for me. An amazing battery life machine that I get my thoughts down with a minimum of fuss.
by protomyth 9y ago
This machine falls into the same category as the TRS-80 Model 100 for me. An amazing battery life machine that I get my thoughts down with a minimum of fuss. The Psion 5 was a nice machine, but I would wish for a horizontal enter key as opposed to the vertical. I really wish a few more groups would take a look at this form factor because it is amazing.
On a side note, was there not a machine in this type of form factor from back in the day that had APL for a programming language?
- RodgerTheGreat 9y agoHaven't heard of anything like the APL-based device you mention. Sounds fascinating.
- jecel 9y agoEven the lightest old APL computers I am familiar with, the Ampere WS-1 (Japan 1985) and the MCM 70 (Canada 1974), were giants compared to the Psion 5. http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=66 http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=66 http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=346 http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=346 I am pretty sure you weren't thinking of the IBM 5100.
- protomyth 9y agoThe Ampere WS-1 strikes me as familiar but I thought it was much smaller than that. Nice find.
- lproven 9y agoAre you thinking of OPL? OPL -- Organizer Programming Language -- was the default Psion high-level language bundled with all their EPOC machines. It's a block-structured BASIC-like language.
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- protomyth 9y agoNo, I was thinking APL. I gotta look, it might have been one of the ones jecel showed in his comment, but I swear it was smaller.