Hi guys,
Pushing the boundaries of the Ten Year Rule here, but I think the
"coolness factor" might apply here, so please don't get the pitchforks
and flaming torches out just yet... :)
I just got back from the Barnsley Hamfest, with a new toy in tow: a
Psion Workabout MX, 2MB version, with IrDA, TTL, RS232 and LIF ports, a
256K flash SSD and a 1MB SRAM SSD. Batteries were -- predictably --
shot, but on installing a fresh pair of AAs, it booted to SIBO. Seems
the SSDs are blank, and aside from a few small screen scratches the
machine is in pretty good nick.
Thing is, I'd like to see it do something useful. This dictates that I
write some code for it... I've managed to find a copy of the old Psion
Sibo SDK and some PDF documentation on an FTP site, but this doesn't
include the C compiler required to compile the code: TopSpeed C.
As near as I can tell, this was a 16-bit 8086 C compiler which generated
code under (and for) MS-DOS type platforms. The Psion documentation
references Topspeed Compiler v3.10 and Environment v3.10.002, but I
suspect other versions may also work. Psion suggest it was released by
Clarion, but every other reference I can find suggests it was sold be a
company called "JPI".
Does anyone happen to have a spare copy of Topspeed C kicking around?
Thanks,
--
Phil.
classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/