Hardware

Software

• PacMan
• Worms

• PDF+ by mBrain Software
• EZBank
• SaveMail
• nSISUtil
• eDoom

Synchronization

At the time of writing (summer 2024), I use Windows XP running in UTM¹ on an Apple Silicon MacBook Pro and PsiWin to install software and synchronize my Series 7. For the RS232 port, I use an FTDI-based adapter, connecting the USB interface to the Windows XP virtual machine and running the FTDI drivers in Windows XP. It’s usable, but Windows XP seems to BSOD fairly regularly. (I suspect the USB drivers and might try running the FTDI USB stack macOS-side and forwarding the serial port in the future.)

Screenshots

Documenting these old computers is a big part of the fun for me making capturing screenshots crucial. Thankfully, unlike Palm OS, EPOC has built-in support for screenshots—just use the keyboard shortcut Shift+Ctrl+Fn+S to take a screenshot and bring up a save dialog².

Publications

• YourEPOC

Resources

• EPOC R5/Psion Series 7, GUIdebook

  Offers a good overview of the EPOC R5 UI on a color 640x480 device. However, it looks like the screenshots are from the Symbian EPOC R5 SDK simulator and not a Series 7—if you compare them with those ones on this page you’ll notice some theme differences. Specifically, the Series 7 uses blue title and status bars, and uses a very 90s lilac for the toolbar while the screenshots at GUIdebook use a blue-green which is close to the cerulean blue of the ‘i’ in the original Symbian logo. Perhaps even more telling is the ‘EPOC’ vs ‘PSION’ branding on the analog clock.

• PocketIQ Software Archive, Internet Archive

• Psion Series 7 Feature, Mass Made Soul

  A wonderfully visual article focusing on the industrial design of the Series 7.

• Psion Utilities and Handy Software, Eric Lindsay

• Psion Synchronising and Converting, Eric Lindsay

• Psion Series 7, Wikipedia

• Psion Series 7 User Guide, Internet Archive

• Psion Series 7 and netBook Service Manual

• Peter’s Place—various bits of Psion software