PCT File Manager for HP-48SX

[rprosperi]

(12-11-2017 03:27 AM)Joe Horn Wrote:  There are several versions of PCT (including 5.6 and 5.7) in my post-Goodies-Disk-Project catch-all collection called "GDNEW" which I shared in the final paragraph of this posting. Look in the UTILS folder under PCT and PCT57GX.

ALso, version 5.6 is available at hpcalc.org HERE.

All those versions are 48G family only, unfortunately.

The 5.7 version was actually made by someone else, who integrated a bunch of other common tools in use at the time, but was unauthorized by the creators and caught a lot of flak from other users for hacking and releasing someone else's product.

Also, the resulting single monolithic library was much larger and obviously was in conflict with the modular style with smaller dedicated libraries preferred by more advanced users.

PCT had the ability to be extended by users, customizing as needed for their use, however the docs on how to do so were only released in French so never really caught on (outside France). The 5.7 author, also French, used this technique to build his 'swiss army knife' version.

All that said, 5.7 is stable, works well, is fairly well thought out and probably liked by lots of users.

But If you have a GX, there is no question that the File Manager you should be using is Filer48, the best RPL family file manager I've found by far.