[TaylorAlexander]

I had a Psion Revo [1] in high school and I wish I still knew where it was! I suspect it might be among some things maybe in my moms garage, or perhaps it was lost in so many moves. But it would be a super fun little vintage computer to play with. The Revo had IRDA for infrared wireless serial, which would be fun to use with a raspberry pi. They’re for sale on eBay but not cheap enough for a cute curiosity.

[1] Wikipedia tells me it’s a “light version” of the computer in TFA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Revo

[doublesocket]

Remember being sat in the pub circa 2000 and using my Psion Revo connected via my Nokia 7110's IR link to clear some disk space on a server and avoid having to return to the office.

[lelag]

I have a similar memory circa 2000 using all the exact same hardware. I remember getting online on the train, while precariously balancing the phone and Revo on my knee so that the IR link would stay aligned. Symbian OS did not have any IRC client at the time and I wanted to give a shoutout to my friends, so I had to connect to the IRC server with a regular telnet client, issuing IRC protocol commands manually to join a channel and write a message along the line of "Hey guys, you will never guess where I am". Good times.

I still have my Revo in a drawer though. As of five years ago, it was still able to power on. I found the form factor of this device to be great. It was light, energy efficient, actually pocketable and could actually be used for serious productivity in a way that modern phones cannot: I was touch typing all my courses on it with no issues. It sad how Psion / Symbian failed to thrive in the early 2000s.

[TaylorAlexander]

Ahh that is so cool! I never had a cell phone with a data connection and I was not so in to computers back then but I appreciate hearing how it was used by others back in the day.