website/content/museum/sharp-pc-2500.md

---
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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