Sharp PC-1360 find

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(11-19-2024 04:16 PM)blackjetrock Wrote:  [

Quote:I looked at all the pocket computers available. Since I program in BASIC, I finally chose a Sharp PC-E500S since it had the most powerful BASIC of any handheld other than the HPs which were out of my price range. 1500 and 1600 BASIC both limit arrays to 255 elements in each dimension:
DIM A(256) will give an error. This is too limiting for me. The PC-E500S has IF..THEN...ELSE...ENDIF (in addition to the older, single-line IF THEN) as well as SWITCH...ENDSWITCH, REPEAT...UNTIL and WHILE...WEND all of which make programming it a joy. Also I have a 256K RAM module for a total of 288K RAM, all directly usable by BASIC. My system includes the CE-126 thermal printer/cassette interface with the Sharp cassette recorder/player, and an RS-232 serial port that drives a Sharp CE-515P color plotter/printer.
I'm pretty happy with the setup.

Did you look at the Psion organiser 2?

I have an Organizer II and a 5mx. OPL has some nice features but it's lacking an easy way to print (on the 5mx) and doesn't have READ-DATA statements that BASIC does.

I finally got a good deal on an HP-71 with the Math Pac. It has the most complete BASIC of any of the handhelds I've seen (including MAT statements), has a lot of RAM (with add-on modules) and peripherals are easy to connect. I currently have a full-sized printer, single floppy drive, two mini cassette drives and an RS-232 port connected. The one drawback I can see is that it's slow.