Author Archives: cosi
The phenomenon of Atari Portfolio
When asked about Atari Portfolio, a “retrocomputing regular Joe” would say about “the world’s first palmtop” (not true, obviously) or John Connor breaking into an ATM. It seems, however, that Portfolio’s popularity goes beyond these clichés; I can’t rely on … Continue reading
Psion, Linux PC and a cable
I remember that I promised to write something about connecting Psion palmtop (either Series 3 or Series 5) to a Linux-based PC without using CF card. Just a PC-Link cable. The great news is that many Linux distributions… already have … Continue reading
What is your favourite vintage palmtop?
Just for fun, statistics and my curiosity 🙂 You may select up to three options. If your favourite is not on the list, please select “other” and write its name in a comment.
Games: A for Adventure
One of the fields where vintage palmtops can easily compete with modern gadgets, is adventure gaming. I mean those games where you type “examine box” and the computer tells you that there is a small piece of paper inside. Or … Continue reading
How to send comms software to Portfolio over the serial port
Hey, I just found something. It seems that someone solved the “chicken or egg” problem with Portfolio’s serial interface: the computer has no serial communications software built in, so it’s impossible to send any from the PC and, unless you … Continue reading
Setting up the Palm
You guessed. I’ve bought a Palm IIIe and, from now on, you’ll find here informations about Palm OS powered devices. This time a few “beginner-to-beginner” tips: You can easily synchronize the Palm with a Linux PC. There are a few … Continue reading
Finally. A new game for Portfolio
This year’s Grzybsoniada party witnessed the glorious comeback of Atari Portfolio. “Diabelska Pomyłka” – a text game with Innuendo’s script and graphics and my code (Portfolio Basic yeah!) took the first place (of 1 competitors for this platform) in Wild … Continue reading
Vintage palmtop and a Linux PC
I announced a text about games, but meanwhile another idea came to my mind. Surfing the Web I encountered many questions about uploading files to a vintage palmtop, asked by the fresh owners of Portfolios, HP’s etc. While it’s fairly … Continue reading
Back on air
The blog was silent for a while, just like my “vintage palmtoping” was. I had some real-life issues to face and, well, blogging isn’t my main activity, so I decided to take a break. Now I think it’s time get … Continue reading
RAM expansion for Atari Portfolio
UPDATE [2020/04/12]: By popular demand, I decided to take more detailed photos of the expansion board and post them here. The author is (apparently) unreachable, and I don’t have any schematics or technical knowledge of the circuit, so please, don’t … Continue reading