Portfolio to USB adapter stack:
- Portfolio Serial Module
- Gender Changer
- Null Modem adapter
- RS232 to USB adapter
I can send and receive files on the Portfolio via xterm2, on my modern PC I use TeraTerm to communicate with xterm2 over serial using the XModem protocol.
I also wrote an image converter to convert jpg to pgf (portfolio graphics file). I haven’t yet implemented the compression to write pgc (portfolio graphics compressed) files directly. I use pgcompress on the atari to convert pgf to pgc. Pgc files can be viewed on the Atari using pgshow.
I got all software for the portfolio from here: Portfolio Library
This was my very first computer… Still have it though but ribbon which connects display to motherboard needs to be replaced. There are some glitches on display when I use it.
Glitches like what? Sometimes all it takes is to run a warm soldering iron along the ribbon where it’s soldered to the board. Or anyway it works on old gameboys and calculators.
Time to go hack an ATM!
This is amazing
The portfolio was my first Palmtop computer (of many – the latest is a GPD Pocket 1). Unfortunately it died a long time ago. I miss the thing. It was fun to own.
If you can believe it – software development. It’s not exactly a powerhouse but it can run Visual Studio.
However, I don’t use very much anymore.
I… cannot believe it lol. Maybe with an external keyboard … I could. Please share a pic of your dev setup!
… and I see you have the same keyboard like me :-). Hope you’re enjoying it as much as I do. The only thing which I don’t like is that there is no tenting solution for it directly from the vendor. Ah well, we can’t have all great things in the world, can we ? :-).
I’m scared to death to open my #portfolio and fix that freaking ribbon. It’s not like it’s causing a lot of distraction on the screen, it’s my OCD kicking off :-).
and I see you have the same keyboard like me :-)
No shit, this keyboard was the reason I picked up coding again. Writing without shoulder pain was a game changer.
I’m scared to death to open my #portfolio and fix that freaking ribbon.
It won’t get better by leaving it like this. What do you think is difficult about the repair?
