Those yellow chieftec dragon cases still look fantastic

Absolute joke… just iPod Socks from 20yrs ago with a loop

Awk crap, I forgot all about that! Popped my head in last year for a half hour or so to show some support, would have def came this year. Glad it went well and hope it grows!

Yes, but why is this?

What a gorgeous deck for its age. Stunning condition

If you post to UK I’ll definitely be buying one of these. Unfortunately Androda was unable to. Do you have a connector for the screen side also, or know of one that would suit?

I do have the board connector, but it’s been mangled and pins bent, but should be able to resolder it into the new cable if I can see where each pin goes

I have seen those and it’s just what I need, but unfortunately the connectors are missing from the screen side, somebody removed it and soldered it directly. Would need to replace that also. It really is horrible work for such a lovely machine.

Can hear the machine booting and appears to get to a desktop. Will take in floppies and can use keyboard to eject and shut down, so hopefully just the display needing sorted. Maybe if there’s even a schematic I could rewire it myself to test before sourcing a ribbon and connector

Great job! I have a backlit portable on my ‘to repair’ list. Previous owner unknown to me bodged the display ribbon with what looks like an chopped up floppy cable. Horrible soldering with an iron up to high and missing connectors on the screen side. Would love to get parts to try and repair this.

I always fancied one of these but the prices have always been strong between these and the netbooks. Interesting you can convert one to the other with the personality module swap

Clearly one of the greatest classics of all time…

Found the files online and got jclpcb to manufacture a batch for me. Worked first time, well impressed. It’s great we have a solution to the weak point on these final psions. If you need a hand with the soldering give me a shout.

Thinking some kind of tin whiskers maybe?

I’ve seen sockets and pin headers go fluffy with some sort of crystals like that before, any idea what causes it?

A fantastic word indeed, and so common to us I wouldn’t see it strange to others. Would put money of it being of Scots or Ulster-scots origin.

I have a real love for Psion. I was very lucky to get a 3c (2mb backlit model) when I was at school and have been obsessed since. Replaced that with a 5 at uni, then smartphones took over. My old 3c needs work too, in storage it went sticky and hinges snapped. Shame, as i’d always been so careful

Hi, thanks for replying! I agree, as repairing it is not going to be reliable. I tacked a piece of wire onto it, and tested continuity, but I think with the ribbon flexing in the hinge dislodged it, so not ideal. I’ll see what I can find out from that group and will let you know how I get on. Cheers