I know that almost no one owned those 4 handled computers in the 80’s, but it’s a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in an almost unknown part of the history of handheld computers and especially inaccessible today. They are so rare and so expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Nec PC-2001 is a very rare handled computer. I don’t think it has ever been exported outside Japan. It looks like a Sharp PC-1500 (2 times its size) and has been released in 1983 just after the Sharp PC-1500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has a LCD display with two lines of 40 characters. Its BASIC is quite powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unfortunately, the only available documentation is in Japanese. You will have to use a translator if you are not native.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It comes with a thermal printer, the PC-2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The integrated Real Time Clock is not yet emulated. I have to make some deep reverse engineering to understand the communication protocol between the RTC chip and the CPU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The General LBC-1100 (a Fujitsu Company) was released in 1983 mainly in Japan but we know it has been exported because a French documentation is available. It is a cousin of the Nec PC-2001, same CPU, same LCD but its internal architecture is quite different. For exemple, LCD chips are connected to the CPU in serial mode instead of parallel mode for the Nec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Instead of a simple thermal printer, it comes with a plotter extension, identical to the Sharp PC-1500’s one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Build in Japan by the Alps company (the well known Sharp PC-1500 plotter manufacturer), it is a pocket computer with a 2 line LCD display and a NEC PD78C06 CPU. It is the same technology than the Nec PC-2001 and the LBC-1100 with a smaller display and an external plotter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sanco was a French company born from the local French Sanyo distributor and Cofelec local company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It had a very low success in France and Germany which make it very rare and a must have in a collection but at a very high price level.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWe are fortunate to have the documentation available in English and French.\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n This handled computer is SO SO RARE. I only know 3 people in France owning it which makes it, IMHO, the rarest handled computer (outside Japan, because it appears some times in Japan). <\/p>\n\n\n\n The JR-800 <\/strong>was launched under the National Brand by The Calculator Division of Matsushita Telecommunications Industry Co., Ltd. in Japan in 1983.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The screen has 8 lines of 32 digits with a unique huge matrix of 192 by 64 dots. I don’t know if there were bigger display at this time. It has a powerful BASIC, an integrated Real Time Clock (which is emulated) and an external fully graphic thermal printer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite my deep quest, I wasn’t able to find any documentation copy. So I created a web page dedicated to my poor knowledge on its BASIC<\/a> and I will maintain it. Any help is welcome to collect any knowledge about its usage. PockEmul emulates perfectly the JR-800 and its printer, only the alarm feature is not working yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This new release is based on a totally new graphic layer. It brings no new feature but was mandatory for future evolution and especially IOS releases. The next steps will be mainly :<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear PockEmul\u2019s fans, I am pleased to announce the new PockEmul release. It will be available in the next few days. It includes 4 new packages, some new features and bug fixes : Nec PC-2001 package General LBC-1100 package Sanco TPC-8300 package National JR-800 package Some new features and bug fixes I know that almost … Continue reading “PockEmul 1.11.0 new release”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,35,63,58,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-epson","category-exotics","category-jr-800","category-news","category-pockemullite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pockemul.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pockemul.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pockemul.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pockemul.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pockemul.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/pockemul.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1471,"href":"https:\/\/pockemul.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions\/1471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pockemul.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pockemul.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pockemul.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pockemul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pc2001.png\")
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNec PC-2001 package<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nGeneral LBC-1100 package<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Here is a pdf brochure in German: <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pockemul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cl-1000.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSanco TPC-8300 package<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nNational JR-800 package<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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It is interesting to notice that we can make a working emulation of a computer without knowing how to use it. <\/p>\n\n\n\nBug fixes and new features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Remark<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It explains the delay I took to publish this release because I made so much tests to be sure there is no regression.
PockEmul is focused on quality and I am a bit anxious. So please report me any issue, I commit myself to fixe them as fast as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNext steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Perfect emulation is an infinite quest. Please report us any inaccurate behaviour at contact@pockemul.com<\/a> <\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"