David MacKay
Psion 3a Information
Surgery photos
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Fixing Button-bar
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Left Hinge Surgery
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Jail-bar display problem
Dead Toolbar!
Hinge repairs
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Fixing Battery Connector
Connecting 3a to Workstation
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For the first time
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Success!
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Using comms
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Some tips
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Linux connection
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Linux laptop
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Quick bootstrap for linux
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NCP instead of p3nfs
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Linux and 3c
Modem connection
Printers
Psion Links
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Newsgroups
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Favourite software
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Power supplies, batteries
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Choice of Psion 3a
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Documentation for software
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Other Useful info
Home Page
My experiences with hooking a psion 3a up to a workstation.
Getting hooked up for the first time
How the p3nfs system behaves when it works
How to fail to bootstrap software onto the psion using comms
How to `easily' bootstrap software onto the psion using comms
My experiences with `easily' setting the psion up as a terminal
Other problems with p3nfs
More about setting up getty so the psion can be a terminal
Helpful advice on how to transfer files using cat f > /dev/ttya
Connecting to a Linux laptop (NEW 98/10/03, 99/1/11)
Remaining questions
Other useful information on connecting psions
The 3-fax-modem
Using p3nfs to connect the p3a using the 3-fax-modem
Modem basics
Modems other than the psion 3-fax-modem
Connecting to a printer
Nick Waterman's NCP software - an alternative to the p3nfs system
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