--- title: Sharp PC-2500 categories: - Computers types: - Portable origins: - Japan years: - '1985' cpus: - SC 61860 params: name: PC-2500 image: /media/museum/photos/sharp_pc2500_system_2.jpg company: /companies/sharp company_name: Sharp specs: - label: NAME value: PC-2500 - label: MANUFACTURER value: Sharp - label: TYPE value: Portable - label: ORIGIN value: Japan - label: YEAR value: '1985' - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE value: Sharp Basic interpreter - label: KEYBOARD value: Calculator style keyboard with numeric keypad, 76 keys - label: CPU value: SC 61860 (8 bit) - label: SPEED value: Unknown - label: CO-PROCESSOR value: Custom I/O chips - label: RAM value: 3 kb (non volatile, up to 19 kb) - label: ROM value: 72 KB - label: TEXT MODES value: 24 chars x 4 lines - label: GRAPHIC MODES value: 150 x 32 dots - label: COLORS value: Monochrome LCD screen - label: SOUND value: One chanel - label: SIZE / WEIGHT value: 29.7 (W) x 21 (D) x 4.55 (H) cm. / 1,3 kg - label: I/O PORTS value: Asynchron communication port, tape interface - label: POWER SUPPLY value: Ni/Cd battery, autonomy of 60 hours - label: PERIPHERALS value: 8k and 16k memory cards, RS232c extension pack - label: PRICE value: 762 (France, 1985) tabs: - photos - emulators - links photos: - title: PC-2500 subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/sharp_pc2500_system_3.jpg - title: 'CLOSE-UP #1' subtitle: '' text: LCD display and function keys image: /media/museum/photos/sharp_pc2500_displaycloseup.jpg - title: 'CLOSE-UP #2' subtitle: '' text: Four colour printer-plotter and roller paper housing image: /media/museum/photos/sharp_pc2500_printercloseup.jpg - title: RIGHT SIDE CONNECTORS subtitle: '' text: |- **(1)** Serial connector, mainly used for the CE-51P A4 size Sharp printer-plotter\ **(2)** LCD contrast adjustment\ **(3)** External tape recorder jacks (In, Out, Remote)\ **(4)** Sharp EA-150 9V AC adaptor jack\ **(5)** Memory card housing. Sharp RAM cards CE-201M (8 KB) or CE-202M (16 KB) could be used image: /media/museum/photos/sharp_pc2500_connectors_1.jpg - title: INSIDE BOTTOM HALF subtitle: '' text: |- **(1)** The awesome and very reliable 4 colours printer-plotter made by Alps.\ **(2)** RAM card connection to the main board\ **(3)** RAM card ejection mechanism\ **(4)** Tape recorder and power connectors\ **(5)** Connection to the main board through a flat cable\ **(6)** Tiny speaker\ **(7)** Rechargeable batteries that give 40 to 60 hours autonomy, depending on the printer use. image: /media/museum/photos/sharp_pc2500_inside_1.jpg - title: 'MAIN BOARD #1' subtitle: '' text: |- Components side.\ **(1)** Back of the LCD display\ **(2)** RAM card flat cable\ **(3)** I/O custom chips\ **(4)** SC61860 processor (Z80 compatible)\ **(5)** ROM chips (2 x 36 KB)\ **(6)** RAM chips (6148 equivalent)\ **(7)** Bottom board connection flat cable image: /media/museum/photos/sharp_pc2500_mboard_2.jpg - title: 'MAIN BOARD #2' subtitle: '' text: This side of the board faces the keyboard. For each key and switch two interlaced tracks are connected when the key is pressed. image: /media/museum/photos/sharp_pc2500_mboard_1.jpg - title: PRINTER CLOSE-UP subtitle: '' text: A piece of technical wizardry. image: /media/museum/photos/sharp_pc2500_printer_1.jpg - title: PRINTING SAMPLES subtitle: '' text: Some examples of four colour graphic printings. image: /media/museum/photos/sharp_pc2500_printings_1.jpg - title: USER MANUAL subtitle: '' text: The very detailed Sharp user manual. Here in German version. image: /media/museum/photos/sharp_pc2500_manual_1.jpg emulators: - title: POEMS url: http://sourceforge.jp/projects/poems/ platform: Unix / Linux text: PC-12xx, 14xx & 13xx emulator - title: PockEmul url: http://pockemul.free.fr/ platform: Multiplatform text: Emulates nearly all Sharp pocket computers! links: - title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com text: '' comments: - author: Evi (Germany) date: Monday 13rd November 2017 text: |- Hallo fileschi,\ ich habe einen PC 2500 bekommen und nun rätsel ich, wie das Ding funktioniert. Hast Du die Gebrauchsanleitung?\ Vielleicht könnten wir uns kontaktieren. Wie funktioniert das hier? - author: e.fileschi (germany) date: Sunday 9th April 2017 text: Some were asking (some days ago :-) ) for a manual. Now I got one for some time. So you can ask me, if you have a question. - author: Kathy (Ohio, USA) date: Wednesday 9th March 2005 text: If anyone has a manual for use of the PC-2500, please email me, I keep getting an error code and have no manual. Thanks so much - author: Franz (g) date: Thursday 11th July 2002 text: |- I also need some tips how to use a sharp PC 2500 pocket PC.\ If someone knows how to get these information (homepages, email, etc) please mail me !\ Thanks ! - author: ibrahim (Turkey) date: Monday 20th May 2002 text: i got a sharp pc-2500 . i need manuals, information, programming examples.. related: - /museum/sharp-pc-1210-1211-1212 - /museum/sharp-pc-1245 - /museum/sharp-pc-1250-pc-1251 - /museum/sharp-pc-1260-pc-1261-pc-1262 - /museum/sharp-pc-1401-pc-1402-pc-1421 - /museum/sharp-pc-1403-h - /museum/sharp-pc-1500-pc-1500a oc_id: 184 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230608094511/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=184 date: '2023-06-08' --- The Sharp PC 2500 has the same characteristics as the Sharp PC 1350 pocket computer. Sharp removed the small keyboard of the 1350 and added a better keyboard. The PC 2500 has also a small built in color printer-plotter (4 colors, 15 character sizes, 11,4 cm wide, 4 c/s maximum speed). The 3 KB main RAM memery could be expanded to 11 KB or 19 KB thanks to credit-card-size memory cards. The ROM contains a pretty good BASIC, a small telephone index and a small spreadsheet (10 rows x 7 columns, which can be extended to 42 rows x 20 columns with the 16 KB RAM expander). This computer had no market success.
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