Re: Printer Configs
"Pretty certain the Psion Org II (CM and probably XP) came out in 1986"
OP here: you're right - 1986. My memory was a couple years out. It would have been 1987/8 when I started checking printer configs. It was the year our team moved from the main office complex into an annex, where we were about as far from the IT centre as possible, and our use of the embryonic email system took off. I recall my Rainbow's other main uses were to run our supplier inspection database (on a Lotus Symphony spreadsheet), and sending telexes to suppliers (yes, for the young 'uns, telexes were quite common in businesses back then - fax machines were only still working their way in).
I still have the Psion II, the serial adapter (and, ISTR, the UV EPROM eraser for wiping memory modules) in the attic, along with the Psion 3a that replaced it (that with its plug-in modem). The 3a a really good PDA and was only retired when the hinges broke for the second time (though I got them fixed before retiring it). I had been planning to switch to the Psion 5 but its release was delayed so I switched to the Palm PDA series, albeit the Sony Clie versions, until they were discontinued. My final stand-alone PDA was the Tungsten T5. It's demise was the arrival of the iPhone, where I reckoned the 3GS was mature enough to replace my T5, my GPS, my iPod and camera - cutting out a lot of clutter when checking into flights.