The History of Personal Computing

Episode 49 – Psion and AT&T EO Personal Communicator

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This is the podcast where we take an informal look at personal computing history through the lens of eBay auctions. It’s sort of like Antiques Roadshow, but all about antique personal computers. On today’s show, we continue our coverage of the first phase of handhelds. Specifically, we’ll be covering two more of the early handheld computers, the Psion and AT&T EO Personal Communicator (which is also technically a Personal Digital Assistant or PDA).

http://www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/HofPC-49.mp3

Links mentioned in this episode:

  • Raspberry PI boots CP/M
  • Review: ‘Silicon Cowboys’ Tracks the Rise of Compaq Computer
  • https://unbound.co.uk/books/macgaming
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Organiser
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EO_Personal_Communicator
  • https://archive.org/details/AttEoPersonalCommunicatorOwnersVideo1993

    • Auctions:

      • Jeff’s auction: PSION SERIES 3a COMPUTER 1MB + 1 MB FLASH SSD + PC / APPLE SERIAL LINK CABLES
          • David’s auction: EO Personal Communicator 440
              • Jeff’s auction: PSION COMPUTERS PLC SERIES 5 SERIES 5mx 16MB DIGITAL ORGANIZER
                  • David’s auction: Psion Series 5 Handheld Computer (8MB) -UNTESTED-
                      • Jeff’s auction:
                        • ...more
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                        The History of Personal ComputingBy David Greelish and Jeff Salzman