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These were a great read! I have made a headless linux laptop with vim as a fairly distraction free environment. I have also used a Psion 5MX to take notes whi
by dm319 6y ago
These were a great read! I have made a headless linux laptop with vim as a fairly distraction free environment. I have also used a Psion 5MX to take notes while out and about, and my only caveat for those wanting to use retro devices for important things is to back up often! I'd forgotten how unreliable old filesystems and media were.
- nickt 6y agoSounds like we’re thinking along the same lines! Love to try the Psion, it’s been a while since I’ve been hands on with a Series 5.
- dm319 6y agoI think there's definitely a niche for a keyboard-driven PDA type device, ideally with some sort of e-ink display so it works nicely outside and doesn't require frequent charging. I think these days it would come with some sort of automatic cloud backup, and I wouldn't mind if it was text-based either. The gemini and cosmos come close, but I think I'd need a proper bit of time with them to see if they fill that niche or not.
- nickt 6y agoThanks for that - I'd not seen the Cosmos and Gemini [1] [1] https://planetcom.squarespace.com/device https://planetcom.squarespace.com/device