Pocket Tools for SHARP Pocket Computers
The
Pocket Tools are a set of programs with which you can convert between audio
records of all Sharp Pocket computers (from PC-1100 up to PC-G850VS) and binary
or text files of a Personal computer.
You can also connect your Pocket computer directly to any Personal computer
with a DIY interface, CE-126P, CE-150, CE-1600P or other interface and transfer
programs and data.
This way the communications between Personal computers with all Sharp Pocket computers
should be possible for many years.
This
package also contains the latest versions of Wav2bin, Bin2wav and
Bas2img.
Reads
and writes all Pocket cassette file types, such as:
1. BASIC source and image from CSAVE
2. BASIC/C/Assembler source from Text editor Menu Cmt
or SAVE “CAS:file”,A (ascii)
3. ASCII data from OPEN CAS: or PRINT#n
4. Binary variable data from PRINT#
5. Binary code from CSAVE M
6. ReSerVe mode data from CSAVE
7. Database data of PC-11x0
You can edit these files with any editor on your Personal computer and convert them back to audio files for the Pocket computer.
You need any sound adaptor or sound card with a microphone input and headphone output. If the Mic input of your adaptor is insensitive, then you should use a mic preamps.
For
the Pocket computer you need an audio interface, usually a cassette interface,
that suits your Pocket computer.
Download
gamma version: PocketTools
2.1.1 c1d2 (zip) or PocketTools
2.1.1 c1d2 update (exe)
Date: 21.10.2022, recommended, stable,
for public tests
to release
2.1 RC
Included in the package: Revised English and German manual (pdf, quality for view), ReadMe (txt),
Portable menu for
Windows (English, German, French),
Windows 32-bit executables and many cmd scripts,
Sources (ANSI C,
tested with Linux 32- and 64-bit, Linux scripts, compiles with GCC for Mac OS X
or Android Clang 10 )
Sample files and Reserve Data of PCs, SuperTape for PC-1500,
Codepoint files for Kanji i.a. characters and keyword files for hardware extensions, PSPad syntax and context files for Sharp BASIC
First Installation: Copy
it to a USB stick or anywhere and go to the menu PStart.exe,
see the ReadMe.txt and Installation_for_Windows.txt
But you should
really read the manual because the "Pocket Tools" are a toolbox that
has to be configured
and NOT a plug-and-play app. You must be able to enter commands in a terminal
window or if necessary,
to adapt paths in a BAT file and to remove comments.
Please contact me if you want to program an
installation program or a more detailed user interface.
Please report bugs and hints by e-mail to Sharp-PC[40]ifhe.de. replace [40] with @
Pocket Tools is a
non-commercial private project. However, to make contact, you can also call peil
& partner ingenieure in Berlin during office hours.
In order to provide support, we always need parameters with which the tool was
called exactly (copy text or screenshot) , the Sharp PC type and the file to
be converted (packed with 7zip, if necessary).
Development state: prev.
release current Gamma c1c, stable no PocketTools
Beta
Bas2img
6.0.9 c2d(1) 6.1.1 c1d(2) -
Bin2wav
2.0.9 c2d 2.1.1 c1d(2) -
Wav2bin
2.0.9 c2d(1) 2.1.1 c1d(2) -
Manual
News October 2022: Support of PC-1401V1 (less stop bits), Thanks
to DEKO
TstE5Inv Test for Sharp PC-E500 whether bin2wav requires -dINV for this audio
output
Manual: Some variants for connecting pocket computer interfaces to audio
connectors, CTIA connectors
News October 2021: Conversion of source texts with hiragana and
full-width katakana to half-width katakana using SJIS.cfg, Update
installer
Utf8 <-> Kanji for PC-1360K, PC-1600K, PC-1500J, bin2wav
--waveform=6 (96 kHz)
Support for Dsave-30U new Ver1.6 khx files, as with wav and tap files
Improved Wav2bin calculation of the begin of each start bit of the PC-1100-1500,
less errors for signal sync
Improved folder structure, documentation and debug traces, Quick-Tape1 for PC-1500
included
Improved Bin2wav, sample frequency 48 kHz, more shutdown forms, louder
devices, options for end of wav file
Wav2bin Parameter --start time (of sync), automatic Fast Forward to it
Bas2img beta 6.1.1 c1 Full image for the PC-E500(S) series with no
need to go through TEXT mode
News November 2020: Version c2c(4): PC-1100, PC-1150 Memos, Tables
(image only), PC-14xx CASL, CAP-X, more compilers
All special character processing redesigned and
significantly improved,
Codepoint files for G850, E220, E500M2, SJIS Japanese Utf8-characters,
more line formats, automatic line numbers and support for
the transfer of assembler source code included.
Img2Bas
for PC-1600, compilation with Linux corrected, device=CAS/CS refactored
Previous release: Old PocketTools 2.0 (not
recommended , version without Linux scripts)
Last Gamma-Version PocketTools
2.0.9 c2d
Original authors: www.pocketmuseum.com
The final actual version will be published there also.
All authors: see the user manual
Skript tool: www.horstmuc.de Start
menu: http://www.pegtop.net/
I would like to thank the international
user community and all the people who made it possible to develop
this software in order to enable all users to continue using these pocket
computers with their cassette interfaces.
Torsten Mücker, Berlin, developer of the versions from 2013 to now (2022)
Development: Login disabled due to pointless
hackers, is only enabled on request if required.
ftp://ftp.ifhe.de/public/SHARP_PC/BIGPC/ Manuals
in print quality, actual versions, archive, news
(Users of a
new Internet Explorer have to copy this address to the Windows Explorers
- Do not click!)
Development history (up to beta 1.99 only): Pocket Tools History (German only)
Other informations: ftp://ftp.ifhe.de/public/SHARP_PC/
(only enabled on request)
Interpreting Assemblers for PC-1400 series
Extended BASIC for PC-1401/02, also with real, stable and fast RENUM,
Many ROM routines for PC-1401/02 (German Docs only)
Serial Driver vor PC-1421 with this USB cable http://www.sharp-cables.de/
BASic Software for ROM dumps and more helpful informations (e.g. for PokecomGO)