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title: Sharp PC-3201
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Professional Computer
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origins:
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- Japan
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years:
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- '1980'
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cpus:
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- Z80-A
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params:
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name: PC-3201
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company: /companies/sharp
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company_name: Sharp
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: PC-3201
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Sharp
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- label: TYPE
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value: Professional Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: Japan
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1980'
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: Sharp BASIC interpreter
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Full stoke 96 key with 10 function keys, arrow keys and numeric keypad
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- label: CPU
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value: Z80-A
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- label: SPEED
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value: 4 MHz.
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: None
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- label: RAM
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value: 32 KB expandable to 64 KB
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- label: ROM
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value: 32 KB (Sharp BASIC)
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 80 chars. x 25 lines
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: None
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- label: COLORS
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value: Monochrome
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- label: SOUND
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value: Beeper
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: Tape recorder, Parallel printer
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: 2 x 5.25'' FDD unit (142 or 285 KB per drive)
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- label: OS
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value: FDOS (Sharp Operating System)
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: Built-in power supply unit
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: I/O card slots
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- label: PRICE
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value: About $5200 with printer and 2 x 142 KB discs
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tabs:
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- photos
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- links
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photos:
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- title: SHARP PC-3201
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to **Martin Willemsen**
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image: null
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- title: TOP VIEW
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to **Martin Willemsen**
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image: null
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- title: DISPLAY UNIT
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to **Martin Willemsen**
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image: null
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- title: FD UNIT
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to **Martin Willemsen**
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image: null
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links:
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- title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
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url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
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text: ''
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comments:
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- author: Martial (France)
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date: Monday 20th August 2012
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text: |-
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In France, was sold in from 1981 to 1983. Mainly for business purposes and running "Mercure" operating system (who became MOS) and many applications.\
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The typical system was 2 FD and a dot matrix printer (Manessman Tally MT1000).
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- author: Stephen Page (UK)
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date: Wednesday 25th April 2012
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text: My first computer at work was a Sharp PC-3201 with dual 5.25 inch disk drives that seemed to be here one week and gone for calibration the next, every two weeks! You would often forget to switch the hardware switch from program to operation. And it ran on CP/M. This machine ran our whole company, from managing our parts system of over 1 Million parts with Dbase II to doing the word processing and spreadsheets with Ashton Tate''s Smartware software.
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- author: Nic (New Zealand)
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date: Saturday 18th February 2012
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text: This was the first PC I ever had at the grand age of four. lol. I remember there being a version of the Star Trek game from 1971 along with a heap of other ASCII type games like Pedestrian and Othello.
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- author: Craig Knights (New Zealand)
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date: Sunday 7th November 2010
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text: |-
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One was turned in for recycling this week and will be auctioned.
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http://www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/135181/eight-tonnes-all-edays-work
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related:
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- /museum/atari-pc
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- /museum/sharp-pc-3101
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oc_id: 811
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230607230135/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=811
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date: '2023-06-07'
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---
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The PC-3201 was an evolution of the [PC-3101](/museum/sharp-pc-3101/) model. It was aimed at the small business users.
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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.
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The system offered 32 KB of RAM expandable to 64 KB, and 32 KB of ROM holding the Sharp specific BASIC interpreter.
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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.
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PC-3000 series systems were very reliable but, because of a strange price policy from Sharp, they never met success.
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