I got lucky and the PC-1 I got off eBay has no leakage at all, but I suspect it is just a matter of time. (03-16-2021 01:33 PM)Hollerith Wrote: Sadly my PC-1 has bad LCD leakage and is barely readable. I can only imagine that back then I wasn't in as much of a hurry and didn't demand instant performance. Truthfully, the programs are more a curiosity than anything else at this point, my main interest is to see how people managed to solve problems within the performance/memory/display constraints. I can't imagine anyone cares about copyrights on 40 year old basic programs that only run on obsolete hardware from companies that went out of business many years ago. I would be interested in any of them you would be willing to provide. (03-16-2021 01:33 PM)Hollerith Wrote: Is there any interest? It would be a lot of effort to transfer all the programs and scan the manuals, but I am willing to do a few of the interesting ones such as the Complex Calculator in RPN from Electrical Engineering I.
If interested in any of those programs or materials I suggest you include in your site the relevant links to the ones in my site you want, giving me proper credit.Īgain, welcome and if you have any further questions, just ask.Īll My Articles & other Materials here: Valentin Albillo's HP Collection KingĪlso, there are many other materials for SHARP pocket computers at my site, including: Practice Checkmate with King-Bishop-Knight vs. You can find 7 additional programs I wrote for the SHARP PC-1211 here. I'd be happy top add it to the list if anyone is interested. Quote:I made a web site with several games (Video Poker, Cave Adventure, and BlackJack) at but I'd be interested in other programs people might still have available.
You can download the 12-page PDF article using this link:
Two additional sample programs are given in the article for both the PC-1211 and the HP-41C, to serve as comparison of their respective programming models and capabilities. "Solve N-Queen puzzle in a general NxN chessboard". "Compute and display up to 575 decimal digits of e" and You might enjoy reading it, as it also includes 6 programs for the PC-1211, among them: I had at the time an HP-41C too, so I wrote an article comparing it vs. It was a sensation, everyone admired it and several people wanted to buy it from me.
I too had one in 80-81 or so, Liked it very much, wrote about 100+ programs for it and even took it with me to my military service to use in my (scarce) free time there. I had one back in the 80s and recently acquired one and thought it would be interesting to see what could be done with it.
Quote:I'm looking for BASIC programs that will run on Sharp PC-1211/TRS-80 PC-1 pocket computers. (03-14-2021 09:14 PM)pyedog Wrote: I apologize if this is the wrong place to ask, but there are several posts from years ago about the PC-1211 so I figured I'd give it a shot. First of all, welcome to the MoHPC forum, I wish you enjoy your stay.