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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
Sharp PC-1403 (H)	Computers	Pocket	Japan	1986	Sharp CMOS SC61860	name image company company_name specs tabs photos emulators links comments related oc_id source PC-1403 (H) /media/museum/photos/sharp_pc1403h_system_s1.jpg /companies/sharp Sharp label value NAME PC-1403 (H) label value MANUFACTURER Sharp label value TYPE Pocket label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR 1986 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Sharp BASIC interpreter label value KEYBOARD 77 keys, QWERTY calculator type with numeric key-pad and math function keys label value CPU Sharp CMOS SC61860 (8 bits) label value SPEED 768 kHz label value RAM PC-1403: 8 KB - PC-1403H: 32 KB label value ROM 72 KB label value TEXT MODES 1 line x 24 chars. (LCD screen), 5x7 dot matrix label value GRAPHIC MODES None label value COLORS Monochrome LCD label value SOUND CPU controlled piezo buzzer, fixed frequency and duration via BASIC statement label value SIZE / WEIGHT 170 (W) x 72 (D) x 9.5 (H) mm / 150 g (with batteries and hard cover) label value I/O PORTS Proprietary 11-pin expansion bus label value POWER SUPPLY 6 volts, 2 x CR 2032 lithium cells label value PERIPHERALS CE-126P thermal printer and tape interface photos emulators links title subtitle text image LARGE VIEW /media/museum/photos/sharp_pc1403h_system_s2.jpg title url platform text POEMS http://sourceforge.jp/projects/poems/ Unix / Linux PC-12xx, 14xx & 13xx emulator title url platform text PockEmul http://pockemul.free.fr/ Multiplatform Emulates nearly all Sharp pocket computers! title url text Web Wiz CAPTCHA http://www.webwizcaptcha.com author date text wintermute (USA) Wednesday 1st November 2017 The matrix functions *can* be used in BASIC mode, see: http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv017.cgi?read$110792 author date text Dan Walker (USA) Thursday 2nd June 2016 I remember not only did I make a program that foul display Hundreds of Formulas based on a code of input, but I hit the programming from being listed. I wished I remember how I did this, but eventually I did not really use this to cheat as I had intended on my SAT author date text Jaroslav M. (Slovakia) Tuesday 21st May 2013 I wrote my first game using this computer. author date text Suljo (Bosanac) Monday 18th February 2013 I have one , and it is very useful. First my contact with this (PC-1403H) calculator, impress me.\ I have about 17 programs loaded in memory of this machine. author date text Stephen Page (UK) Wednesday 25th April 2012 I will admit to almost cheating in an examination. I was worried I wouldn''t remember some complicated information, so I programmed it into one of these things but by the time I had done all that....I had memorised it and never used the machine in the exam, LOL author date text Boban (Srbija) Tuesday 6th March 2012 Is there any program that I put in a matrix calculator Sharp PC-1403H? /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-1500-pc-1500a /museum/sharp-pc-2500 1173 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230609154930/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1173 2023-06-09

As the PC-1401 family was rather successful, Sharp released an update three years later.

The two new models were named PC-1403 and PC-1403H.
The differences were not large, but very helpful. They had a better display, with 24 instead of 16 characters on the same display area, and lowercase letters could now be used. Thus, there was an additional SML key to switch between uppercase and lowercase entry mode.
Moreover, matrix calculation functions had been added, such as addition, multiplication, inversion and determinant. They could be used in calculator mode only.

The hardware was based on a later incarnation of the SC61860 CPU, paced at 768 kHz. The RAM had also been expanded, with 8 KB in the PC-1403 (D4364G 8k x 8 static RAM), and generous 32 KB in the PC-1403H (D43256AG 32k x 8 static RAM). The new functions also required a larger ROM (72 KB, LZ92K32 plus SC6976T).

Thanks again to Roman von Wartburg for this information.