The Last Psion | Alex

https://oldbytes.space/@thelastpsion

#Psion hardware/software hackery, especially SIBO/EPOC16 (Series 3, etc).

🔸 Made #PsiDrive, a USB drive for Psion SSDs using #RP2350
🔸 Slowly rewriting the SIBO SDK in #ObjectPascal #FreePascal (yes, really)
🔸 Co-maintainer of #plptools

⚠️ WARNING: WILL SIDEQUEST ⚠️
#HaikuOS, #Linux, #BSD, #MAME, #NeoVim, #compilers

Have old Psion source code (#OPL, C, C++, asm), docs or schematics? Please get in touch!

#RetroComputing #permacomputing #RightToRepair #OfflineFirst #luddite #CodeIsArt

Homepage: https://thelastpsion.com
Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/thelastpsion
Psion Community: https://psion.community
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelastpsion

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2025-01-10 13:30:41 UTC

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It takes about 3 hours to compile #MAME on my dedicated #HaikuOS build box, a Xeon-upgraded Lenovo M93p Tiny. It's always a tense three hours.

2025-01-10 09:17:57 UTC

Finally got around to fixing the patch for #MAME on #HaikuOS. Took about 2 minutes. 🤦
So, to refresh everyone's memory, this is:<li><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MAME" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MAME</a> 0.273, compiling on and for...</li><li><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/HaikuOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HaikuOS</a> R1B5, running on a...</li><li>Lenovo M93p Tiny with a Xeon E3-1275L V3 upgrade and 16 GB RAM, via...</li><li><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/tmux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#tmux</a> over SSH, viewed from...</li><li>Konsole on <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/KDEPlasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#KDEPlasma</a> 6.2.5, running on...</li><li><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ArchLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ArchLinux</a> (btw)</li>
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