https://github.com/zedstarr/psipi

Some Pi scripts and Psion OPL to link the Psion MC400 to the internet via an attached Raspberry Pi
https://github.com/zedstarr/psipi

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Some Pi scripts and Psion OPL to link the Psion MC400 to the internet via an attached Raspberry Pi

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/zedstarr/psipi
• Owner: zedstarr
• Created: 2022-10-13T09:58:52.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-07-05T08:38:27.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-07-24T18:35:56.107Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: epoc16, internet, mc400, opl, psion, raspberry-pi, raspberrypi, retrocomputer, retrocomputing, sibo
• Language: Shell
• Homepage: http://bit.ly/MC400cxf
• Size: 246 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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![Tweeting in action on MC400](https://zedstarr.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/screen2021-09-21-152350.png)

# PsiPi

Some Pi shell scripts and Psion OPL to link the Psion MC400 to "the internet" via a Raspberry Pi and enable simple email/tweet sending and image conversion.

see http://bit.ly/MC400cxf for more details

Some prerequisites: 

  1. on the Pi - dosbox-x, rainbowstream, msmtp, imagemagick, rclone - all installed and configured. Psion DOS programs MCLINK.EXE and WSPCX.EXE

  2. on the MC400 - "The Link" is running, MAIL.OPO to send emails, TWEET.OPO to send tweets and SRCN_SAV.OPO to transfer SCREEN.PIC files

  3. physical connectivity - MC400 serial port connected to Raspberry Pi to /dev/ttyUSB0 with USB-serial adapter that supports DSR/DTR e.g. the Prolific PL2303

  4. rclone is configured to sync to Google drive. Image conversion syncs all images and also uses bitly's API to shorten the Google drive links.

![Transferring screenshots on the MC400](https://zedstarr.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/screen2021-09-21-122530.png)

![Helper scripts running watching for files written from the MC400](https://zedstarr.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/screenshot-from-2021-09-14-14-31-57.png)