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Sharp PC-2500	Computers	Portable	Japan	1985	SC 61860	name company company_name specs tabs photos emulators links comments related oc_id source PC-2500 /companies/sharp Sharp label value NAME PC-2500 label value MANUFACTURER Sharp label value TYPE Portable label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR 1985 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Sharp Basic interpreter label value KEYBOARD Calculator style keyboard with numeric keypad, 76 keys label value CPU SC 61860 (8 bit) label value SPEED Unknown label value CO-PROCESSOR Custom I/O chips label value RAM 3 kb (non volatile, up to 19 kb) label value ROM 72 KB label value TEXT MODES 24 chars x 4 lines label value GRAPHIC MODES 150 x 32 dots label value COLORS Monochrome LCD screen label value SOUND One chanel label value SIZE / WEIGHT 29.7 (W) x 21 (D) x 4.55 (H) cm. / 1,3 kg label value I/O PORTS Asynchron communication port, tape interface label value POWER SUPPLY Ni/Cd battery, autonomy of 60 hours label value PERIPHERALS 8k and 16k memory cards, RS232c extension pack label value PRICE 762 (France, 1985) photos emulators links title subtitle text image PC-2500 null title subtitle text image CLOSE-UP #1 LCD display and function keys null title subtitle text image CLOSE-UP #2 Four colour printer-plotter and roller paper housing null title subtitle text image RIGHT SIDE CONNECTORS **(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 null title subtitle text image INSIDE BOTTOM HALF **(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. null title subtitle text image MAIN BOARD #1 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 null title subtitle text image MAIN BOARD #2 This side of the board faces the keyboard. For each key and switch two interlaced tracks are connected when the key is pressed. null title subtitle text image PRINTER CLOSE-UP A piece of technical wizardry. null title subtitle text image PRINTING SAMPLES Some examples of four colour graphic printings. null title subtitle text image USER MANUAL The very detailed Sharp user manual. Here in German version. null 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 Evi (Germany) Monday 13rd November 2017 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 date text e.fileschi (germany) Sunday 9th April 2017 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 date text Kathy (Ohio, USA) Wednesday 9th March 2005 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 date text Franz (g) Thursday 11th July 2002 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 date text ibrahim (Turkey) Monday 20th May 2002 i got a sharp pc-2500 . i need manuals, information, programming examples.. /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 184 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230608094511/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=184 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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