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Linux and Psion HOWTO

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Linux and Psion HOWTO. .................................................................................................................................1

Hans Kugler, der.hans@LuftHans.com. ..................................................................................................1

1. About this HOWTO. ............................................................................................................................1

2. General Information. ............................................................................................................................1

3. Sharing data between the Psion and Linux. .........................................................................................1

4. Hardware Info. .....................................................................................................................................1

5. Further Information. .............................................................................................................................1

6. Series 3. ................................................................................................................................................1

7. Revo. ....................................................................................................................................................2

1. About this HOWTO. ............................................................................................................................2

1.1 Introduction. ......................................................................................................................................2

1.2 This Documen. .................................................................................................................................2

1.3 Mailing Lis. ......................................................................................................................................2

1.4 Copyright notice and disclaimer. .......................................................................................................2

2. General Information. ...........................................................................................................................3

2.1 What is a Psion .................................................................................................................................3

2.2 Psion models. ....................................................................................................................................3

2.3 Psion Availability .............................................................................................................................3

3. Sharing data between the Psion and Linux. ........................................................................................3

3.1 Hardware connectivity options. ........................................................................................................3

Serial cable. ......................................................................................................................................4

IrDA. .................................................................................................................................................4

Builtin programs. ..............................................................................................................................4

3.2 Programs for connectivity. ................................................................................................................4

plptools. ............................................................................................................................................4

p3nfs/p5nfs. ......................................................................................................................................5

ncp. ...................................................................................................................................................5

3.3 Linux utilities. ...................................................................................................................................5

Psiconv. ............................................................................................................................................5

psiontobbdb. .....................................................................................................................................5

psiontognomecard. ...........................................................................................................................5

kab2psion. .........................................................................................................................................5

PsiLin.. ..............................................................................................................................................5

Psion SDK. .......................................................................................................................................6

Xmakesys. ........................................................................................................................................6

3.4 Psion utilities.. ...................................................................................................................................6

hermes. .............................................................................................................................................6

per. ...................................................................................................................................................6

python. ..............................................................................................................................................6

BProlog. ............................................................................................................................................6

Shell5. ...............................................................................................................................................6

E_Shell. ............................................................................................................................................7

c2f. ....................................................................................................................................................7

4. Hardware Info. ....................................................................................................................................7

4.1 Hardware Troubleshooting. ...............................................................................................................7

4.2 Pictures of internals.. ..........................................................................................................................7

4.3 Disassembly. ......................................................................................................................................7

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5. Further Information. ............................................................................................................................7

5.1 Psion Specs. .......................................................................................................................................7

Psion File Formats. ............................................................................................................................7

PLP and NCP.. ...................................................................................................................................8

SIS and PLP. ......................................................................................................................................8

6. Series 3. ...............................................................................................................................................8

6.1 Further Information. ...........................................................................................................................8

6.2 Programs for connectivity. ................................................................................................................8

p3nfs/p5nfs. ......................................................................................................................................8

6.3 Psion utilities.. ...................................................................................................................................8

nfsc. ..................................................................................................................................................8

Shell3a. .............................................................................................................................................8

PsiLin.. ...............................................................................................................................................8

arb's Psion Software. .........................................................................................................................8

6.4 Informational Web Pages. ..................................................................................................................9

Hardware Info. ...................................................................................................................................9

Psion Link Protocol (for Psion 3). .....................................................................................................9

Generic FAQs. ...................................................................................................................................9

7. Revo. ...................................................................................................................................................9

7.1 Informational Web Pages. ..................................................................................................................9

Hardware Info. ...................................................................................................................................9

Linux and Psion HOWTO

Hans Kugler, der.hans@LuftHans.com

v0.0.9, 2000−11−17

This document describes how to use Psion palmtops with Linux, but does not cover running Linux on a Psion

palmtop. See the Linux on Psion Project for that.

1. About this HOWTO

· 1.2 This Document

1.1 Introduction

· 1.3 Mailing List

· 1.4 Copyright notice and disclaimer

2. General Information

· 2.2 Psion models

2.1 What is a Psion

· 2.3 Psion Availability

3. Sharing data between the Psion and Linux

· 3.2 Programs for connectivity

3.1 Hardware connectivity options

· 3.3 Linux utilities

· 3.4 Psion utilities

4. Hardware Info

· 4.2 Pictures of internals

4.1 Hardware Troubleshooting

· 4.3 Disassembly

5. Further Information

5.1 Psion Specs

6. Series 3

· 6.2 Programs for connectivity

6.1 Further Information

· 6.3 Psion utilities

· 6.4 Informational Web Pages

Linux and Psion HOWTO

Linux and Psion HOWTO

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7.1 Informational Web Pages

1. About this HOWTO

1.1 Introduction

Psion has been making PDA's for years. This document will concentrate on the Series 5* models, e.g. Series

5, Series 5mx and Series 5mx PRO and the 32 bit EPOC operating system they come with, but there will be

some crossover to older models such as the Series 3* and newer models such as the Series 7. There is also a

little information about other series at the end of this document.

1.2 This Document

The latest version of this document can be found at

http://home.pages.de/~lufthans/unix/docs/HOWTO/psion−HOWTO.html , but the main repository is the Linux

Documentation Project ( LDP ) .

Please send updates, corrections or suggestions to psion@LuftHans.com .

1.3 Mailing List

There is a mailing list dedicated to using Psions with Linux and developing tools to enhance communication

between them.

To subscribe, send a message to plptools−developers−request@lists.SourceForge.net . John Schrader has put

up a searchable list of messages from Oct 1998 through Feb 1999.

There is also a mailing list dedicated to porting Linux to the Psion 5* models at

linux−7110−request@lists.SourceForge.net . An archive beginning 04Dec1999 is available at

http://web.gnu.walfield.org/mail−archive/linux−7110/ .

Both mailing lists can be searched through the SourceForge interface.

1.4 Copyright notice and disclaimer

This document may be distributed under the terms set forth in the LDP license at

http://www.linuxdoc.org/COPYRIGHT.html . The author reserves the right to release the document and all

submissions under a different license in addition to the LDP license.

This document is provided ``AS IS'', with no express or implied warranties. Use the information in this

document at your own risk.

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