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- author: Ken (England)
date: Wednesday 2nd December 2020
text: I just fired up a PC-1260 and got the Japanese characters. However for me a few attempts at resetting with/without holding down a key brought up the European/USA mode. Can''t seem to find a manual in English but I have a 1251 manual so was able to figure out the RSV mode for example.
- author: Ken (England)
date: Wednesday 2nd December 2020
text: I just fired up a PC-1260 and got the Japanese characters. However for me a few attempts at resetting with/without holding down a key brought up the European/USA mode. Can''t seem to find a manual in English but I have a 1251 manual so was able to figure out the RSV mode for example.
- author: Andy (Germany)
date: Wednesday 14th October 2020
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I just got the same problem described here: Changed batteries and the Sharp PC-1262 came up in Japanese mode instead of European/US mode. I tried several things, but to no avail. In the end, I tried this:\
\- remove batteries\
\- set the on/off switch to Pro (or RSV, I''m not sure)\
\- put the opened PC-1262 upside down in it''s plastic hard cover (to avoid to accidentally press a key\
\- $ new batteries, but do not slide the battery compartment cover at this moment\
\- press and hold the all reset switch, at the same time slide the battery compartment cover over the batteries
For me, that worked fine. The PC-1262 came up in European/USA mode again. However, I am not sure about the position of the on/off switch I used.
- author: Miguel (US)
date: Friday 10th April 2020
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Hi, I recently got a Sharp pc-1261, and everything so far seems to work...although it''s in Japanese. When I use the Help feature, all the basic terms are in english. There must be a way to switch to English, the reset button doesn''t see to do it.
Thanks
- author: Ra
date: Tuesday 18th July 2017
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David,
What are the difference between the PC-1260 and 1251 ? Is it hardware or software (instructions) ?
Thanks
- author: David
date: Thursday 12th March 2015
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«downloadable versions of the programming/operations manual that is in English»: on the net you can find Enlish manual in PDF for PC-1251: operation is near identical to PC-1261 with only a few differences (I can tell you some of the differences).
Manual for PC-1251: http://pocketcomputerworld.free.fr/Manuals/PC-1251.pdf
- author: tonymax2 (Columbus, Ohio area/USA)
date: Friday 28th November 2014
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CyberSpider,
I have a Sharp PC-1261 with CE-125 Printer and Microcassette Interface and all the manuals (3, English). Neither has had a lot of use. I wanted to use them recently but the PC-1261 no longer works correctly, most likely due to bad connections from the 2 segmented rubber strip LCD connectors used in this device. I''ve tried cleaning/re-seating them with very little success. I don''t hold out much hope of getting the 1261 operating again since those connector strips are not a commmonly available item.
I''d be interested in obtaining a working 1261 or 1262 in exchange for good copies of the manuals. Please e-mail if interested to mreilly1@columbus.rr.com.
Thanks
- author: CyberSpider (USA)
date: Sunday 28th September 2014
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I recently was given several PC-1260, PC-1261, and PC-1262''s, a cassette interfaces and a combo cassette/printer interface. There was no documentation with any of the devices.
Does anyone have a downloadable versions of the programming/operations manual that is in English or translated from German?
Every manual I have found is from bad scans of the German manual which have so far defied any attempt to software convert to searchable pdf and translate. The backgrounds have text imprints from other pages, random dots all over the place, and the images are skewed at various angles.
Please respond here because I think a lot of searchers eventually end up here.
- author: AkirIkasu (United States)
date: Wednesday 27th August 2014
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For those stuck in Japanese, one should theoretically be able to just press the reset button on the back and it will be reset to whatever language your localized machine should be. You can change your system between Latin and Japanese characters easily with this program (provided by Pierre of the pocket computer museum forum at pocket.free.fr):
10 " " POKE 12349,10+NOT PEEK 12349: END
The problem is, if you actually have a Japanese one, you will not be able to write it because it types in Japanese. You should be able to shift into Latin characters by pressing Shift than SML, in theory.
This program will run whenever you press DEF and the space key. Make sure you are in PROG mode when you write it and in RUN mode when you want to run it. You can also put it on line 65279 so that you can write other more useful programs without erasing this part.
- author: M-C Sticker (France)
date: Monday 10th February 2014
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Hello, HELP !!!!!
I''ve found a box with pc1262 and ce125. Cleaned, new batterie, all seems to run... But, but, but...
On the screen, I only see japaneese characters !\
And I dont read, write, understand japaneese.\
Who could help me to change the language. OK for English.
I would like to show to my students wht was possible with such computers in the 80''.
So,... HELP please.
M-C
- author: M-C Sticker (France)
date: Monday 10th February 2014
text: |-
Hello, HELP !!!!!
I''ve found a box with pc1262 and ce125. Cleaned, new batterie, all seems to run... But, but, but...
On the screen, I only see japaneese characters !\
And I dont read, write, understand japaneese.\
Who could help me to change the language. OK for English.
I would like to show to my students wht was possible with such computers in the 80''.
So,... HELP please.
M-C
- author: M-C Sticker (France)
date: Monday 10th February 2014
text: |-
Hello, HELP !!!!!
I''ve found a box with pc1262 and ce125. Cleaned, new batterie, all seems to run... But, but, but...
On the screen, I only see japaneese characters !\
And I dont read, write, understand japaneese.\
Who could help me to change the language. OK for English.
I would like to show to my students wht was possible with such computers in the 80''.
So,... HELP please.
M-C
- author: M-C Sticker (France)
date: Monday 10th February 2014
text: |-
Hello, HELP !!!!!
I''ve found a box with pc1262 and ce125. Cleaned, new batterie, all seems to run... But, but, but...
On the screen, I only see japaneese characters !\
And I dont read, write, understand japaneese.\
Who could help me to change the language. OK for English.
I would like to show to my students wht was possible with such computers in the 80''.
So,... HELP please.
M-C
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