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2026-07-07 20:49 UTC

Missed this over the weekend. David Potter, the man behind Psion Computers has died. When the university computers were crap, I thought "Sod this, I'll use my Series 3 organiser to write my dissertation". And I did. Bloody minded Brummie and all that 😀 Wonderful hardware and software. No bloat, ran for hours on 2 AA batteries and no ads, pop ups or garbage that we have online these days. Rest in peace David. Psion products were the gateway for so many of us into the world of tech. Thank you, Sir. 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 #Psion #Series3 #DavidPotter

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@littlealex@infosec.exchange 2026-07-07 22:04

@captainblack@hachyderm.io Oh, that's sad to hear. I loved my Series 5. Even when I could afford a real laptop later, I used the Psion often because it was so practical. Some years ago I bought the Planet Cosmo Communicator because I hoped to get this feeling and usability back, but Android is far from what Psion did. #psion

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@AndyGER@mastodon.social 2026-07-09 08:58

@captainblack@hachyderm.io RIP David Potter. At one point in my life, I owned a Psion MC 400. It was a very nice machine. I did some word processing with it in a time, when Laptops are pretty heavy and had next to no battery power ...

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@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk 2026-07-09 13:30

@captainblack@hachyderm.io When doing my postgrad I used a Psion 3a actually (the Acorn branded version of it), for taking notes in the library. It was absolutely great for that.

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