diff --git a/experiments/iconv/icw1.cpp b/experiments/iconv/icw1.cpp
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+
+#include "iconvpp.hpp"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+// borrowed from DOSLIB
+#define THIS_IS_JAPANESE "\x82\xb1\x82\xea\x82\xcd\x93\xfa\x96\x7b\x8c\xea\x82\xc5\x82\xb7"/* UTF-8 to Shift-JIS of "これは日本語です" */
+
+int main() {
+    IconvWin32ToW *x = IconvWin32ToW::create(/*FROM*/932);
+    if (x == NULL) {
+        cerr << "Failed to create context" << endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    IconvWin32FromW *fx = IconvWin32FromW::create(CP_UTF8);
+    if (fx == NULL) {
+        cerr << "Failed to create context" << endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    {
+        WCHAR tmp[512];
+        const char *src = THIS_IS_JAPANESE;
+
+        x->set_src(src);
+        x->set_dest(tmp,sizeof(tmp));
+
+        int err = x->string_convert();
+
+        if (err < 0) {
+            cerr << "Conversion failed, " << Iconv::errstring(err) << endl;
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        cout << "Test 1: " << src << endl;
+        cout << "   Res: " << fx->string_convert(tmp) << endl;
+        cout << "  Read: " << x->get_src_last_read() << endl;
+        cout << " Wrote: " << x->get_dest_last_written() << endl;
+
+        x->finish();
+    }
+
+    {
+        std::wstring dst;
+        const char *src = THIS_IS_JAPANESE;
+
+        x->set_src(src);
+
+        int err = x->string_convert_dest(dst);
+
+        if (err < 0) {
+            cerr << "Conversion failed, " << Iconv::errstring(err) << endl;
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        cout << "Test 1: " << src << endl;
+        cout << "   Res: " << fx->string_convert(dst) << endl;
+        cout << "  Read: " << x->get_src_last_read() << endl;
+        cout << " Wrote: " << x->get_dest_last_written() << endl;
+    }
+
+    {
+        WCHAR tmp[512];
+        const char *src = THIS_IS_JAPANESE;
+
+        x->set_dest(tmp,sizeof(tmp));
+
+        int err = x->string_convert_src(src);
+
+        if (err < 0) {
+            cerr << "Conversion failed, " << Iconv::errstring(err) << endl;
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        cout << "Test 1: " << src << endl;
+        cout << "   Res: " << fx->string_convert(tmp) << endl;
+        cout << "  Read: " << x->get_src_last_read() << endl;
+        cout << " Wrote: " << x->get_dest_last_written() << endl;
+    }
+
+    {
+        WCHAR tmp[512];
+        const std::string src = THIS_IS_JAPANESE;
+
+        x->set_dest(tmp,sizeof(tmp));
+
+        int err = x->string_convert_src(src);
+
+        if (err < 0) {
+            cerr << "Conversion failed, " << Iconv::errstring(err) << endl;
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        cout << "Test 1: " << src << endl;
+        cout << "   Res: " << fx->string_convert(tmp) << endl;
+        cout << "  Read: " << x->get_src_last_read() << endl;
+        cout << " Wrote: " << x->get_dest_last_written() << endl;
+    }
+
+    {
+        std::wstring dst;
+        const std::string src = THIS_IS_JAPANESE;
+
+        int err = x->string_convert(dst,src);
+
+        if (err < 0) {
+            cerr << "Conversion failed, " << Iconv::errstring(err) << endl;
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        cout << "Test 1: " << src << endl;
+        cout << "   Res: " << fx->string_convert(dst) << endl;
+        cout << "  Read: " << x->get_src_last_read() << endl;
+        cout << " Wrote: " << x->get_dest_last_written() << endl;
+    }
+
+    {
+        const std::string src = THIS_IS_JAPANESE;
+        std::wstring dst = x->string_convert(src);
+
+        cout << "Test 1: " << src << endl;
+        cout << "   Res: " << fx->string_convert(dst) << endl;
+        cout << "  Read: " << x->get_src_last_read() << endl;
+        cout << " Wrote: " << x->get_dest_last_written() << endl;
+    }
+
+    delete fx;
+    delete x;
+    return 0;
+}
+