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NAME	PC-3201

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MANUFACTURER	Sharp

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TYPE	Professional Computer

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ORIGIN	Japan

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YEAR	1980

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BUILT IN LANGUAGE	Sharp BASIC interpreter

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KEYBOARD	Full stoke 96 key with 10 function keys, arrow keys and numeric keypad

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CPU	Z80-A

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SPEED	4 MHz.

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CO-PROCESSOR	None

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RAM	32 KB expandable to 64 KB

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ROM	32 KB (Sharp BASIC)

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TEXT MODES	80 chars. x 25 lines

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GRAPHIC MODES	None

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COLORS	Monochrome

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SOUND	Beeper

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I/O PORTS	Tape recorder, Parallel printer

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BUILT IN MEDIA	2 x 5.25'' FDD unit (142 or 285 KB per drive)

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OS	FDOS (Sharp Operating System)

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POWER SUPPLY	Built-in power supply unit

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PERIPHERALS	I/O card slots

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PRICE	About $5200 with printer and 2 x 142 KB discs

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SHARP PC-3201		Thanks to Martin Willemsen	/media/museum/photos/sharp_pc3201_system_s1.jpg

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TOP VIEW		Thanks to Martin Willemsen	/media/museum/photos/sharp_pc3201_topview_s1.jpg

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DISPLAY UNIT		Thanks to Martin Willemsen	/media/museum/photos/sharp_pc3201_display_s1.jpg

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FD UNIT		Thanks to Martin Willemsen	/media/museum/photos/sharp_pc3201_fdunit_s1.jpg

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https://web.archive.org/web/20230607230135/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=811	2023-06-07

The PC-3201 was an evolution of the PC-3101 model. It was aimed at the small business users.

Like the 3101, it was a keyboard unit, but the monochrome monitor was a 12" 80 column version and the dual floppy disc drive unit could store 2 x 142 KB or 2 x 285 KB. Several standard interface cards (RS232, IEEE488, etc.) could be plugged into the main unit.

The system offered 32 KB of RAM expandable to 64 KB, and 32 KB of ROM holding the Sharp specific BASIC interpreter.

A dot-matrix printer was also sold by Sharp for the 3101 - 3201 series. In fact it was an Epson FX-80 with a specific character generator ROM.

PC-3000 series systems were very reliable but, because of a strange price policy from Sharp, they never met success.

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