Screenshot of the Psion 'C' Software Development Kit Volume 1.
Certain manufacturers of hand-held computers have recently been vigorously promoting the so-called PCMCIA standard for plug-in cards for portable computers. The idea is that PCMCIA cards that can plug into one hand-held computer ought to be able to plug just as easily into another.
However, the SSDs used in SIBO computers do not conform to this standard. This fact may be seen as a potential problem - possibly as a disincentive against taking the time to learn how to program within the Sibosdk system. More precisely, it may be seen as a reason why the SIBO range of computers might enjoy but a limited lifetime in the marketplace, before being eclipsed by other, PCMCIA-based portable computers - in which case, studying the Sibosdk system in any detail would be a poor investment.
This chapter aims to answer these worries by dispelling the hype around PCMCIA, through documenting some of the considerable benefits of SSDs as compared to PCMCIA cards.
#psion really, really hated #PCMCIA
There's two whole pages dedicated to hating it in the SDK docs.
PCMCIA is just hype!
#retrocomputing