Re: Newbie!

[Sven Utcke <utcke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Bob,

> First off - Does anyone run either a C Compiler or a BASIC interpreter on
> their Sharp?

I use Borland C 2.0 (or somesuch) wich is available free from Borlands
museum site.  Works nicely.
https://bdn.borland.com/cgi-bin/login/prompt.cgi?redirect=http://bdn.borland.com/museum

You can also get Turbo Pascal 5.5:
http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,20803,00.html

Of course the one which one would really need is 6.0...

> Lastly - The Sharp doesn't have a backlight, has anyone devised a
> lighting device, utilising the supply from the serial port? I
> thought some kind of bar of LEDs (colour to be determined depending
> on what works best with the LCD screen) which came up perpendicular
> from the serial port??

Somewhat did for the HP100LX, I suppose this must also work for the
Sharp.
http://www.daniel-hertrich.de/ledlight/

The same guy now also offers _real_ backlight for the HP100LX, no idea
whether this would work with the Sharp though:
http://www.daniel-hertrich.de/backlight/

> Oh, one more, I paid £41 for mine, with nothing apart from the main part,
> good deal or not?

Ok deal.  You really need the serial cable, which you will now have to
manufacture yourself --- and you can't get the plug, so you have to
make that one too:
http://kogs-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~utcke/lists/sharp-pc3k/msg00216.html

Sven
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