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Gaming On A Mini Laptop From 1993!
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5 жыл бұрынToday we will be gaming on and using a small palmtop computer from 1993 called the 'Psion 3a'. I purchased this off of eBay for $25, let's see just what this thing can do.
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@psivewri 5 жыл бұрын
Unlike Thanos, when I click my fingers I get a haircut 😉 ► Gear I Use (Affiliate Links): Dell G7 15 Laptop: amzn.to/32VOSux Keychron K2 Keyboard: amzn.to/2F51NCh Logitech G502 Mouse: amzn.to/351iae1 Benq 144Hz Screen: amzn.to/3jJk1YW Fujifilm Camera Bodies: amzn.to/2EXdPxL Fujifilm Lenses: amzn.to/3jY8xB9 Rode NTG3 Microphone: amzn.to/3jKWeHZ Rode Videomicro Microphone: amzn.to/3hXoua4 Rode Wireless Go Microphone: amzn.to/3bsVaWr Audio Interface: amzn.to/31XXVvV Manfrotto Tripod: amzn.to/356r7Tq RGB LED Light: amzn.to/3i2eNqL Godox SL-60w Video Light: amzn.to/31Vtsyl Apple iPad Pro: amzn.to/3h0i20H
@Bruh-rj5vw 5 жыл бұрын
Thats a dead meme
@xkonstantin5 5 жыл бұрын
Omg why you cutted your long hair. It was better than this
@itsnyank1 5 жыл бұрын
You also hide the taskbar on your computer
@32BitLink 5 жыл бұрын
Psivewri and your taskbar disappears
@FakeLLama23 5 жыл бұрын
BuT cAn ThIs LaPtOp RuN FoRtNiTe
@nikoskabbadias 5 жыл бұрын
You have to understand that back in the day this thing was magic. I remember wanting one as bad as I want a PS4 Pro now.
@nikoskabbadias 5 жыл бұрын
@MaryTheLamb X3 I am 36 years old. Thanks for replying to my comment. I hope you have a good life, and dont worry too much about what other people think. Try to do your homework, and if you dont succeed in something, doesnt mean you ve failed, just try again. Winners are not those who get it right the first time, winners are those who dont stop trying. Take your time and do things your way, because you can only succeed your way, no other person can understand your needs as good as you do. You re gonna look silly in life some times, and sometimes you will feel sad, and sometimes you ll be alone, but all of that is ok and it passes. Happiness is not something you can lock and keep forever, Its a visitor who comes when she pleases, if you let your door open to her and make her feel comfortable. I hope I m not boring you with all this advise, I just like talking to young people and helping them feel good, because I know it can be difficult. Have a great day, kid.
@TheKennethfilm 4 жыл бұрын
@@nikoskabbadias the comment seemed to have been gone. Nonetheless, I thank you for your kind words. May blessings be upon you!
@samuelz2214 4 жыл бұрын
Fevos Man damn you’re inspirational and motivating. Go do something with that! Hope you have a great day
@kaitlyn__L 4 жыл бұрын
I was obsessed with PDAs in the 90s and early 00s!!
@Fighter4Street 3 жыл бұрын
I actually stole one of these when I was 13 years old from the Wiz. I stole the one form the store display. I still have it someplace. I remember sneaking it into class and showing my friends in the 8th grade. I tried to organize the hundreds of laser disks my father had to easily search the database and find them, unfortunately after spending hours doing this some how I lost all my data. I never showed my parents it because they would ask where I got it from so I always kept it hidden.
@deanosaur808 9 ай бұрын
Oi that was mine 😂 I want it back 🤣
@girlsdrinkfeck 5 жыл бұрын
more useful than the apple newton
@herbiehusker1889 5 жыл бұрын
That bar is pretty low.
@Connie_TinuityError 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it actually really is now that I think about it.
@tomtv8394 4 жыл бұрын
Shut the fuck up Apple hate rand google fucking sucks
@meekraindrop6794 3 жыл бұрын
@@tomtv8394 Whoa man chill He doesn't hate apple just the apple newton was pretty useless anyway
@Baer9471 2 жыл бұрын
@@meekraindrop6794 yet it will have more PDA children later
@zdanee 5 жыл бұрын
My friend used to have a Psion Revo when we were in highschool. I remember he had some 3D tank wars game on it. By the way did you know the operating system on these called EPOC is the direct predecessor of Symbian, the OS that run on all Nokia smartphones until they got bought by MS?
@another3997 2 жыл бұрын
The Revo came some time after the Series 3, and, like the Series 5, it used a 32 bit ARM chip, whereas the series 3 used a 'clone' of the 16 bit 8086 from NEC. The Series 3 ran a different OS, called SIBO.
@davidgriffiths4844 Жыл бұрын
@@another3997 SIBO (acronym for Single Board Organiser) was the codename of the project before 1987, before the ‘3’ came along the OS had been developed as EPOC and was later called EPOC16 to distinguish it from the 32bit later developed OS.
@The.Doctor.Venkman 2 ай бұрын
@@davidgriffiths4844 - SIxteen-Bit Organiser (SIBO)
@WhatALoadOfTosca 4 жыл бұрын
I used to write software for these. Loved them. In the UK they were called palmtops and wouldn't be regarded as a laptop. They were way ahead of their competitors. The series 5 which came later was a great success. I saw someone comment on it was similar to an Acorn machine, that was because Psion licensed them to Acorn for the educational market.
@AKseries1 Жыл бұрын
I wish Planet Computers Gemini series worked better, I’d consider getting rid of my iPhone for a solid model even though I don’t need a keyboard daily. Just bored with the iPhone series, nothing new has been developed for years.
@rcnhsuailsnyfiue2 Жыл бұрын
My uncle gave me his old 3c when I was 10. It was so nostalgic seeing the “Sheep” programs again after all these years! I remember how exciting it was to find something new I could install and play with. I was particularly fascinated by the in-built OPL programming language, now 20+ years later I’m a full time software developer. OPL and Psion got me started!
@CoLD.SToRAGE 4 жыл бұрын
Ah... happy days! I developed a PacMan clone for this called "Chomper" for Widget Games. I re-worked it for the Series 3, 3a/c, 5 and Revo. I bought some of these palm computers myself to develop upon, and the game more than paid for the cost of buying them.
@cavosavosk 5 жыл бұрын
Psion and Psivewri what a great duo
@mish1195 5 жыл бұрын
Are you Czech?
@cavosavosk 5 жыл бұрын
+Hasuke no slovak (nie slovák)
@mish1195 5 жыл бұрын
Oh, we're neighbors then, I'm Czech. @@cavosavosk
@mikenewcombe2558 2 жыл бұрын
I bought a psion organiser cm back in April 1987, its still working now, I use the finance and games packs on it as well as numerous other packs that slot in on the back of the unit collected on ebay over the years.
@woogaloo 5 жыл бұрын
Seeing this makes me want to buy an HP Jornada 720 or an iPaq.. I used to LOVE messing around with them. It's always fun to see how far we've come in terms of computing power.
@Trekeyus 4 жыл бұрын
The palm VX is fun as well.
@erwing.3902 3 жыл бұрын
@@Trekeyus HPJ720 and 728 were the best HPCs!!
@RetroTvVideos 5 жыл бұрын
Frank Walker FTW
@hatcellucard599 4 жыл бұрын
Walker or Welker
@sam_64 3 жыл бұрын
Frank from national tiles?
@jw9968 5 жыл бұрын
Hhello! Frank Walker from NationalTiiiles! Good job, great vid :)
@psivewri 5 жыл бұрын
I was worried no one on here would know of Frank Walker 😂😂
@elektron2kim666 4 жыл бұрын
My best 3 got a German keyboard and works best with the German startup/settings. The Siena, 3a and the 3c are falling apart. Back then I came to the 3MX and I bought some Workabouts recently to play with the MX speeds again. The built in OPL programming is powerful and can use the PC disk(s) when connected. At least with XP and lower. The AA battery computing with months of standby time is something we should consider again.
@jacobhedrick1932 5 жыл бұрын
Dude you have some of the best content on youtube for tech by far your my favorite youtuber to watch, your so entertaining please keep up the AMAZING work!
@iamflartebartfarst 5 жыл бұрын
Love your videos man! I love old computers too :)
@johnbee1574 3 жыл бұрын
Wow I was lucky enough to have one back in the day to help with spelling what with being dyslexic. The other day I found it and shown my lad he was like it’s got xcell on it. Yeah the thing was lmagical back then didn’t know you could play games on it till now lol
@ivansikaleski8692 5 жыл бұрын
Great job as always. You never fail to make a good video.
@thebasketballhistorian3291 4 жыл бұрын
1:21 "...which, after removing the cover on the rear, slot in nice and easily." You've just described my Friday night.
@pujaastika 4 жыл бұрын
You love old gadgets? Me too...It seems like a nostalgic thing to own and use them, then when I found your channel, I found one more person who love them too...This video remembered me to my 2006 PDA, an HP iPaq with WM 6 installed. I've played the bubble breaker and solitaire for many times!
@jwb935 3 жыл бұрын
What is going on!? Saw the Brother WP-80 Word Processor video I spent many many hours on when I was very little and the next video is that PDA that I had too!! I cant believe you have videos of both lol.
@inwedavid6919 5 жыл бұрын
got one for years, nothing in the marquet equals it. Always works, never crash, reliable and it was the perfect size for the pocket.
@retrochristmas7329 2 жыл бұрын
When I worked at best buy in 2012 this smart ass kid picked up a regular laptop and and went "O IS THIS ONE OF THOSE NEW CONVERTABLES" then bent the screen backwards, broke it and walked away 😆
@rollingtroll 3 жыл бұрын
0:01 OH NO YOUR TASKBAR DISAPPEARED!
@IanC14 4 жыл бұрын
I have one of these! Still works. When I remember to replace the batteries that is >_>
@061Hitachi 4 жыл бұрын
A precursor to Symbian. Most modern version is Nokia 9300. There was E90 communicator but it used Symbian s60 instead of S80 which was direct descendant of Psion devices.
@another3997 2 жыл бұрын
Technically, the Series 3 OS is very different to the EPOC OS used in the later ARM based Psion 5 etc. It was EPOC that became Symbian. The Nokia 9210 series was the device with the most commonality to Psion's original EPOC OS, although the kernel was used in a variety of guises, right up to Symbian 3 "Belle", used in the last official Symbian device, the Nokia 808.
@rcnhsuailsnyfiue2 Жыл бұрын
Symbian was way ahead of its time. By pure coincidence my first “computer” was a Psion 3c and my first “smartphone” was a Nokia 7650, both were hand-me-downs from different uncles when I was a kid. I learnt to code OPL on the Psion, and later discovered OPL worked on the Nokia too (albeit a more modernised version). Now 20+ years later I’m a software engineer, inspired by OPL and Symbian OS. Awesome!
@gazwild1 3 жыл бұрын
Still using my Psion 3mx after 20+ years - simple, reliable, turns on and off when you want, never crashes (ever), and un-hackable due to no internet connectivity - I love it!
@Ordlnary_Gamer 3 жыл бұрын
well rouge programs that connect to the internet when plugged into the pc or just viruses
@another3997 2 жыл бұрын
@@Ordlnary_Gamer Viruses have to be written for each particular OS or to work on a common mechanism found in modern devices. The proprietary Psion OS, SIBO, and it's main applications are stored on ROM, so they cannot be changed by any software. It has its own special file formats and doesn't use any common systems found in modern devices, no Java or Office macros etc. They are not designed or used like modern 'connected' devices, so someone would have to write a virus in to a program designed specifically for SIBO and hope someone would download and run it. But nobody writes viruses targeting such old, niche devices that don't work with common exploits, and usually have to be connected to a PC or Mac just to get files on to it in the first place. It's much easier and more profitable to write a virus to exploit those modern PCs, Macs or Android devices etc.
@forgottencameras 2 жыл бұрын
I was the first person in class (HS) to have something like a laptop, namely a MobilePro 780. Got it off eBay in around 2002 or so, came from a previous life in a warehouse inventory keeping role. Unlike these older palmtops, the MobilePro has an exceptional keyboard, far better than current laptop keyboards in my opinion. If you can find one cheap, I'd recommend checking one out; it'd make a great less distracting minimalist word processor, as MS Office was a core feature; the ROM contains a WinCE install and Office and not much else.
@another3997 2 жыл бұрын
After the Series 3, Psion released the Series 5, 5MX, Revo, Series 7 and the Psion 'Netbook' which all had much better keyboards, ARM CPUs and a new OS. The Series 5 and 5MX keyboards were mechanical wonders, as they automatically 'expanded' when you opened the device to give a keyboard bigger than the closed footprint would suggest. The new OS was EPOC 32, which became the basis for the Symbian OS. The original 'Netbook' was a compact portable computer, trademarked by Psion in 1996, not devices like the Asus EeePC etc that came out 12 years later.
@kirishima638 10 ай бұрын
@0:49 damn that's some nice mechanical engineering, almost orgasmic
@CesareVesdani 2 жыл бұрын
Where did you buy this mini laptop from? Its so cool for an ultra portable laptop.
@rsxking2004 4 жыл бұрын
Where's the eucalyptus oil? 😭
@RichardCyberPunk 3 жыл бұрын
My current desktop computer is build in the same Phantek case as you have.... Thanks for posting this video. I have the Psion 3a,3c and the 3mx. nice little computers.
@no-one0425 5 жыл бұрын
It's so fascinating to see how much our technology has changed and evolved since then
@Helladamnleet 2 жыл бұрын
I actually remember seeing either this, or something very similar at RadioShack back in the 90s
@guest1129 5 жыл бұрын
Your videos are amazing and they inspire me to do things that you always do, buy laptops, tests games, etc. Hope you get to 100K soon!
@guest1129 5 жыл бұрын
@despacito 2 k thanks for reminding me
@EgoShredder 4 жыл бұрын
I have the first model in this series, and I used to have the 3mx but sold it to raise funds. Great handheld computers and still surprisingly capable to this day, and I heard that some businesses were using them up until a few years ago, due to their reliability in tough situations. However it seems you got lucky finding one where the hinges are not broken. This is the weak point of these devices, so be careful with those but otherwise it is a very sturdy unit.
@Naffy.mp4 Жыл бұрын
6:12 it looks like he is holding a 3ds in his hands
@Beige1997 5 жыл бұрын
Yay, a new Psivewri video!
@custard9731 5 жыл бұрын
this man be looking fresh af now
@waltberger7885 3 жыл бұрын
I use to own a PSION unit, but it didnt have a backlight so I sold it and bought a HP 360LX (Has a awesome white backlight).
@hugoshubert 2 жыл бұрын
Haha i love the design of this little thing
@erwing.3902 3 жыл бұрын
On the Base of this "3a" there was the Model "3mx" at the end of the marketing period. Instead of the 7,68 Mhz CPU-Speed of the "3a" the "3mx" had 28Mhz - it was/is the world´s fastest 80186 until today.
@another3997 2 жыл бұрын
The NEC V20 used in the original Series 3 was 8088 compatible, not 8086, although there were several instructions not present in the 8088, and it also had "Real Mode" features found in the Intel 286 processors. Intel sued NEC, who settled out of court. The V30 in the 3a, 3c and 3 MX was an enhanced V20, generally 8086 compatible, although again with added extras.
@erwing.3902 2 жыл бұрын
@@another3997 The "NEC V20H" in the Series 3a was already fully compatible with the i80186, and had even the original clock speed of 7,68 Mhz. Later, the "3mx" was hardly overclocked to 28Mhz. From Series 3a on, the Psion Palmtops were 16bit machines. Please devide "Series 3a" from "Series 3" - these were different machines, with different displays and designs. And even a 8088 Chip has internal a 16bit bus width. Only for external connections it was reduced to 8bit. There are no differences in chip set between 8088 and 8086 - only clock speed from 4,77 to 7,68 Mhz and the external bus width are different in their performances.
@SonicBoone56 11 ай бұрын
I definitely need to get one of these.
@fredfred1247 4 жыл бұрын
When Thanos Snapps His Fingers *YOU DIED* D: When PSIVEWRI snaps his fingers *Gets a haircut* :D
@theguywholikesmilk 6 ай бұрын
As a PSION 3a owner.. this device is pretty noice
@GarryGri 3 жыл бұрын
I got my original Psion 3a from work. Later I got a 3c and a Sena. Still got them all although the 3a is a bit beat up. Also have the game cart with Horace in the Mystic Woods on it. I used to play that a lot.
@mattrichardson4351 5 жыл бұрын
im hooked on your vids mate
@sherlock33 4 жыл бұрын
That small magic trick in beginning 🤪
@ajaybahl8057 3 жыл бұрын
Jean-Paul Demou's palmtop from " Executive Decision " 1995.
@CommodoreFan64 5 жыл бұрын
Nice, I really need to pick one of these up for my small plamtop/pda collection.
@luminumlx2604 4 жыл бұрын
0:01 taskbar vanished
@texter3052 5 жыл бұрын
youre such an underrated chanel ohh my god, youre the best!
@marks8173 2 жыл бұрын
To this day Psions remain probably the best time planner available. The Agenda function has a year view allowing planning years ahead. Every other device I've tried frustrates me as it crops my time horizon to 3 months ahead.
@petehanley 4 жыл бұрын
I remember I really wanted one of these when I was a teenager. Regrettably I never did save up enough to buy one
@chromaticvisuelle 4 жыл бұрын
Ahah same !
@SombreroKnight 5 жыл бұрын
Good to see you back Mate
@drmrmcmister 3 жыл бұрын
0:00 he snapped the taskbar away
@hafizazman7157 5 жыл бұрын
This thing can run pokemon blue using nocash gba emu
@ytrewq87 3 жыл бұрын
I might replace my MacBook Pro with this thing as a school laptop
@systemchris Жыл бұрын
I think it has a spectrum emulator
@carltonleboss 5 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is really cool, especially for $25!
@HoneyFighter_BCW 3 жыл бұрын
looks like a 2DS when completely folded up.
@another3997 2 жыл бұрын
You mean a 2DS looks like a Psion when folded up... the Psion was around long before the 2DS. 😉
@eduardoavila646 5 жыл бұрын
This is more a pda than a laptop tbh, but really cool
@another3997 2 жыл бұрын
They were certainly never designed or marketed as Laptops. Psion used the PDA moniker on these.
@robertcraane7910 4 жыл бұрын
Sold a lot of them from 1993 to 1998... they were bloody expensive, but the best in the business then...
@Kspcs909 5 жыл бұрын
Got One of these for 15 dollars with like 20 expansions ssds.. but i dont have the cable :c ... Nice Little pc! Nice vid :)
@NathanHassall 6 ай бұрын
its been 5 years since you made this video...do you cringe when you watch yourself do the finger snap hair style thing or do you still you nailed that one?
@nebufu 5 жыл бұрын
*HELLO, FRANK WALKER FROM NATIONAL TILES*
@abu5ive 5 жыл бұрын
You are damn underrated.
@Minimewatson99 2 жыл бұрын
I have a psion series 3 but the screen is damaged a bit
@japanesemickeymouse6694 5 жыл бұрын
the OG GPD guys lol
@girishradhakrishnan2699 4 жыл бұрын
I have seen this thing in executive decision movie.
@FBlockLeymann 3 жыл бұрын
How about a Windows CE device?
@dfbess 5 жыл бұрын
The psion was awesome back in the day..
@matthewlea1311 4 жыл бұрын
I remember there was a type of solid state storage called bubble storage.
@another3997 2 жыл бұрын
Bubble memory was a 1970s technology that had pretty much died out in mainstream computing by the early 1980s. Other types of electronic memory chips provided superior performance for main memory, whilst magnetic hard drives could store more and were much faster for long term storage. It's use in 'solid state' devices ended shortly after 'flash memory' appeared.
@alexanderblake5780 5 жыл бұрын
HES BACC
@tuktuxedo8835 4 жыл бұрын
Wow my dad has one of these
@yungbluce9892 5 жыл бұрын
Good video!! How old is this device...I choose GPD Micro PC
@hristoforrotaru3454 5 жыл бұрын
I what to see an video about a gaming pc from 2009
@carolmuratore2526 4 жыл бұрын
I love @psivewri for win and Mac repair but I love @dankpods for iPods and @ijustine for unboxings
@jamesdrake8222 4 жыл бұрын
My Dad gave me this in the 90s lol
@inachu 3 жыл бұрын
I owned this but I think I would rather get the version 5.
@pressahmon7930 Жыл бұрын
I got 1 of these in Mint condition. Message me if anyone is interested in buying it. It's definitely a piece of history 👍🏾
@shauryan90 4 жыл бұрын
i miss eucalyptus oil
@kozykat2505 5 жыл бұрын
Your amazing
@davydp 4 жыл бұрын
Lmao national tiles
@tinglestingles 5 жыл бұрын
I had one of those, the first time around.
@1994CivicGLi 3 жыл бұрын
It’s a thicc calculator
@another3997 2 жыл бұрын
It's a "calculator" with a fully multitasking, real time OS with full GUI, a powerful built in programming language called OPL, and capable application software including a word processor, database, calender and calculator. All of which can be accessed and manipulated easily from within OPL itself. There's a C++ and OPL development kit for writing your own software on PC/Mac, and a library of commercial software on SSD or downloadable to the device. Not bad for a "thicc calculator". 😁
@AI-ec2qb 3 жыл бұрын
PSION = Posession for Years...
@KevinEscobarCo 4 жыл бұрын
You have nice hands
@ardentdrops Жыл бұрын
OS? CPU? Specs?
@sierravictory6540 5 жыл бұрын
Join th psion club! (I have a 5 series)
@Win1037 4 жыл бұрын
This is a British laptop!
@another3997 2 жыл бұрын
A British 'Palmtop'. 😉 Psion didn't market it as a laptop. But they did produce a couple of "MC" devices, which you might call sub-notebooks, and the later Series 7 and "Netbook". Psion actually trademarked the name "Netbook" long before Intel coined the term for devices like the 2007 Asus EeePC etc, which led to Psion taking it to court. Very capable and desirable devices back then, and still desirable today. 🙂
@thoughtsage520 Жыл бұрын
Can it run doom tho
@MineMinerCreeper 5 жыл бұрын
Even this 1993 laptop is stronger than the 2018 iPad pro.
@girlsdrinkfeck 5 жыл бұрын
a cereal box is stronger than the ipad pro, i never bought one that came bent
@Connie_TinuityError 5 жыл бұрын
Daniel P it also happens unintentionally on accident
@MylarBalloonLover 4 жыл бұрын
I had one years ago but I came to drop it on the ground and it broke :/
@2160px 4 жыл бұрын
MACBOOK PRO IN 1993.
@skyyzz4316 5 жыл бұрын
0:00 its WILBURGUR
@alphablade2505 5 жыл бұрын
RIP beautiful hair
@fireteehee 5 жыл бұрын
Seems like forever
@_lordcharles 5 жыл бұрын
Nice video.
@Trusteft 5 жыл бұрын
Psivewri: "first of all let's check out Psionopoly, a version of, you guessed it"... Me: SimCity? Psivewri: "Monopoly" Me: :( I remember these devices when they first came out. Definitely nothing I was interested in at the time as I would prefer a Gameboy over this.