Description

Hardware

The Toshiba HX-S501 is a Japanese Word Processor (Kanji-Kun v.2.0) cartridge released in 1984. Toshiba was the first company to release such software. Extra characters, words and short sentences can be saved.

Original title: 日本語ワードプロセッサ漢字君

Launch price: ¥12,800

Software

From BASIC, the software can be launched with CALL JWP or _ JWP. However, you need to have the HX-M200 Kanji-ROM Level 1 in another cartridge slot.

It is possible to use other internal or external Kanji Roms, but if you use the Sony HBI-K16 Kanji-ROM Level 1, CALL JWP leads to a I/O device error. To bypass this problem, an addendum to the manual of the Sony cartridge gives the solution:

10 FOR I = &H9080 TO &H9120 : POKE i, &HC9 : NEXT I
20 CALL JWPKAKU

The main menu includes 6 options:

Japanese Word Processor - if you press twice on ESC, you can access many WP features
Conversion Tools
Load and Save
Printer Settings and Print
Full Book Deletion
Tools for Idioms and Short Sentences

CTRL+STOP can be used to go back to the previous menu or the main menu, except if you are in the first option. You need to reboot to quit the Japanese Word Processor.

Notes:

The same version 2.0 of this software is built-in in the following MSX1 computers:
- Toshiba HX-20 (only the Japanese version)
- Toshiba HX-21 (only the Japanese version)
- Toshiba HX-22 (only the Japanese version)

These MSX1 computers have an upgraded version:
- Toshiba HX-31 - version 2.2
- Toshiba HX-32 - version 2.3 + Kanji-ROM

These MSX2 computers have an upgraded version:
- Toshiba HX-23 - version 2.5
- Toshiba HX-23F - version 2.5
- Toshiba HX-33 - version 3.0 + Kanji-ROM
- Toshiba HX-34 - version 3.0 + Kanji-ROM