PC-1500 (Computer)

The Sharp PC-1500 was a pocket computer produced by Sharp between 1981 and 1985. A rebadged version was also sold as the TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-2. The whole computer was designed around the LH5801, an 8-bit CPU similar to the Zilog Z80, but all laid-out in power-saving CMOS circuits. Equipped with 3.5 KB of on-board RAM (2.6 KB in the user area), the programming language is BASIC. Later, German engineers provided an assembler for the machine. Later even a C compiler followed. An external slot is available and accepts memory (from 4 KB to 32 KB) and ROM modules. Eight versions of this pocket computer with 2 KB memory: Sharp PC-1500 - Japanese version (1981) Sharp PC-1500 - Japanese version with blue paint around LCD. CE-157 Kana module bundle model. Known as PC-1500D (1984) Sharp PC-1500 - European, Australasian and North American version (1982) Sharp PC-1500 RP2 - Brazilian version (1982) HiradasTechnika PTA-4000 - Hungarian licence. HiradasTechnika PTA-4000+16 - Hungarian licence (with internal 16 KB memory extension) Tandy TRS-80 PC-2 Nanfeng PC-1500A - Chinese license (CKD assembly from Japanese components) Two versions with 8 KB memory: Sharp PC-1501 - Japanese rework with 8 KB memory (1984) Sharp PC-1500A - Western rework with 8 KB memory (1984)