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@jeremiah@shitposter.world remote

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Godspeed Dr. Potter

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David Potter's computers had more influence on me than any desktop and, in many ways, predicted the future of desktops better than the desktops of the time.

Thank you, sir.

#Psion #DavidPotter

https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/07/03/david-potter-the-man-who-put-psion-in-the-palm-of-your-hand-logs-off-at-82/5266624

Listens to Baroque while coding murder.exe

@newt@stereophonic.space remote

@jeremiah F

It's a shame that the new Psion reboot sucked so hard

And I'm too young to have touched the original.

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@echo@stereophonic.space remote

@newt @jeremiah I played around with a store display model of one of these once. This and the Apple Newton were like reaching into the future at the time.

I eventually saved up a lot of money from Confirmation, Christmases, and birthdays and got an HP palmtop instead. What did teenage me really need with it? Nothing. But the fact it ran a version of DOS actually helped teach me a little about computers. I could also play Oregon Trail, Wheel of Fortune, etc. in glorious 4-shade grayscale.

Danny Sutcliffe

@danny@social.sutcliffe.xyz remote

@echo @jeremiah @newt I looked up "HP palmtop" as I had never heard of it, and came across this site as the second result lol: https://www.palmtoppaper.com/

Lego Nute Gunray

@echo@stereophonic.space remote