SHARP PC-1500A

Description

Brand:	SHARP
Model:	PC-1500A
Type:	BASIC-programmable Pocket Computer
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Batteries:	AA x 4
Lifetime:	Introduced: 1982 Terminated: unknown
Notes:	The SHARP PC-1500A is the successor of the PC-1500 model which has 2 KB of user memory. the PC-1500A has 8 KB. There is also a Japanese version of both models, where the Japanese version of this 8 KB model is the SHARP PC-1501. To fully use it with Japanese characters that model needs to be equipped with the CE-157 Kana module. For a technical description on this Pocket Computer’s capabilities please see my page on the TRS-80 PC-2. That might seem illogical since that one is actually a clone of this one but the PC-2 is the Pocket Computer I used Quite A Lot.

Peripherals

There is a wide range of peripherals for this machine, including a four-colour pen plotter and cassette interface, a video module, a communications module with RS232, a floppy drive module and of course memory modules and software modules. Many of these are still available here and there on mainly German Internet sites.

A power adapter.