What communications packages are available for the Casio digital diary?
Casio originally distributed a package called the FA-100, consisting of a battery-powered serial adapter box to connect between the diary and a standard RS-232C serial port, and a DOS program called SFDTOOL. This is still sold in some parts of the world. Travelling Software introduced the first alternative, a package consisting of a cable with a built-in adapter powered from the serial port and a DOS program originally called BOSS. The software was later updated to PCLink, and Casio USA distributed this product widely in the USA as the FA-120. Note that the PCLink cable design was changed in Version 2, and earlier cables are incompatible with later software and vice-versa. Casio and Travelling Software terminated their distribution relationship years ago, and PCLink has not been updated since V3.5d. There was never a Windows version. PCLink is still available from Travelling Software, but does not support the latest Casio models, and may not run on fast Pentium machines. Casio was unti
