Any former Psion 5 owners out there?

On 18 July 2010 20:25, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote: I'm sure you're right, but in all my years on the Psion 5/5mx, I never ever used a terminal emulator, as far as I can recall. The series 3 had one in ROM, but the ROM was in the serial interface. Plug in the RS232 cable, suddenly, a VT100/200 app became available. :?) There were various downloadable ones for the S5 and 5mx, but I never bothered. No need, for me. Primarily, the machines were a pocket database/diary, secondly a writing tool, thirdly mobile phone backup & SMS messagebase management, and peripheral to these, a calculator and occasional web browser. I tried out the email but never actually used it apart from the occasional emergency. I never did get to grips with RPN. I did play with the terminal app on a review model of HP Omnigo 700, the weird hybrid one with a mobile phone. This was the ancestor of what became the Communicator, and even in the early days of the mid-1990s, its potential was apparent. I never owned one or used one, though - way too expensive to buy or use, and if I had the money, still way too bulky. -- Liam Proven ? Profile & links: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lproven at gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884 ? Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven ? MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? ICQ: 73187508