Colin Hoad

Acorn Hobbyist

Hello! I'm Colin and I make videos about my love of all things Acorn - the BBC Micro, BBC Master, Acorn Electron and all the games and software these mighty machines are capable of running.

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Latest From Colin Hoad

Apr 27, 2025

What, exactly, is the 'server' in a Language Server?

It's been a few weeks since I last wrote about the progress I've been making on the Psion OPL language server front. This is, at least in part, because I've been spending my free time getting to grips with Pascal - my chosen programming language for this particular endeavour. To help me on this journey, I got hold of a copy of Marco Cantù's splendid “Object Pascal Handbook”, which while writt

How to choose the right Datapak for the Psion Organiser II

In this short video I explain the three different kinds of Datapak available for the Psion Organiser II, including the pros and cons of each. This should hopefully make the business of choosing the right Datapak for your needs a little bit easier - I was certainly confused when I first started out with my Psion Organiser II XP, so consider this a condensed summary of my own personal learnings on t

Welcome to the world of... the Psion!

Please don't adjust your sets, it's still me - but I'm branching out! In addition to my usual BBC Micro and general Acorn fare, I'm expanding the channel to occasionally look at Psion devices - the marvellous portable computers from the 80s and 90s that have a wonderful appeal all of their own. And in this short video, I'll hopefully explain exactly why that is...

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