Sharp PC-1262

[Dave Britten]

(02-16-2022 08:08 PM)robve Wrote:  I wish that older Sharp PC had a file system too, like the newer PC-1475, PC-E500, and PC-G series.

Were there any Sharps that featured both a filesystem, and the definable keys (DEF)? So far I haven't found any that allow for both.

(02-16-2022 08:08 PM)robve Wrote:  For the PC-1350 I wrote a ML program to edit and switch between 10 programs, called MultiPC. It's similar to the Casio P0 to P9. It works great. It stores the 10 programs in memory or on the RAM card together with the ML program (so switching cards works seamlessly). Though you have to use CALL <addr> which depends on the memory size (to make it easier to switch, I've programmed a SHIFT key in the RESERVE MODE).

MultiPC should work on the PC-1262. But I haven't adapted the program to other PC yet. Not sure if there is any interest.

Oh nice. I assume this could be made to work on the PC-1360 too? I have literally a couple hundred 8 KB RAM cards for mine, and this would be a great way to pack more into them...

(02-16-2022 08:08 PM)robve Wrote:  I like Sharp, Casio, HP71B and many other machines for their abilities that should be appreciated within their hardware and software design constraints.

Overall, there are differences between Casio and Sharp pocket computers. Some a pro others are cons. The Sharp PC do not need DEFM for example and you can dynamically use the A() array as large as you want for numbers and strings (within memory limits, of course). But Sharp has no P0 to P9.

It's frustrating, Sharp, Casio, and the 71B all have features that I really like, but nobody combined them all into one machine!