Author: PockEmul

HP‑71B Stability Issues – Ongoing Fixes and Temporary Purchase Suspension

I am truly sorry, but the HP‑71B currently appears to be very unstable. Sometimes everything works perfectly with its HP‑IL extensions, and sometimes even running a simple BASIC program causes a crash.

I am working on this issue immediately in order to fix this instability as quickly as possible.

I plan to release version 2.10.1, including fixes for the most blocking bugs, within the next 15 days. I hope to have this instability resolved by then.

In the meantime, I have of course disabled the purchase of the HP‑71B package.

For subscribers, please do not hesitate to report any issues you encounter with the HP‑71B or other components.

You can be assured of my full commitment to tracking down and fixing all malfunctions. That said, I remain realistic: PockEmul is an extremely complex application, and there will always be edge cases.

Thank you to the community for your understanding.

For PockEmul fans on iOS

PockEmul 2.10.0 has just been released.

Unfortunately, for iOS users (iPhone and iPad), the app is still awaiting approval from Apple since several days.

I’m truly sorry for this delay, which is completely beyond my control.

If you own a Mac, you can already install PockEmul 2.10.0 for macOS. It can be activated even if you are still using PockEmul 2.9.2 on your mobile device.

New features in PockEmul 2.10.0

After several posts introducing the main new models in PockEmul 2.10.0, this post takes a closer look at the new features included in this release.

  • IWS-video for the Sharp PC-1500.
  • New Sharp PC-1445 – included in the PC-14xx package.
  • Keyboard Simulator with Kana first integration.
  • Some User Interface enhancement ( Contextual Menu, Virtual Joypad, …)
  • Bug fixes.
  • Licensing évolution
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The Sharp PC-1211 Simulator

In PockEmul 2.10.0

It has now been more than ten years since I started working on the simulation of the Sharp PC‑1211. This machine was the very first pocket computer programmable in BASIC, and it is truly frustrating not to have it available in PockEmul (just like the Casio FX‑702P, by the way).

So, while waiting for access to its ROM—something I still hope will happen—simulation remains the only viable path forward.

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