The Sharp PC-1600 was a
pocket computer
A pocket computer was a 1980s-era user programmable calculator-sized computer that had fewer screen lines,
Some had only one line and often fewer characters per line, than the Pocket-sized computers introduced beginning in 1989. Manufacturers in ...
introduced by
Sharp
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in 1986 as a successor to the
PC-1500. The PC-1600 provided compatibility with its predecessor through the use of a slave CPU that could run assembly language programs targeting the older machine. It could also switch into a compatibility mode so that programs written for the single line display of the PC-1500 could work with the four line display of the PC-1600.
PC-1500 peripherals such as the CE-150 cassette interface were also supported.
Technical specifications
*SC7852 CMOS 8 bit microprocessor, equivalent to the Z-80A, 3.58 MHz
[Sharp PC-1600 Operation Manual, 1986.]
*LH-5803 slave CPU compatible with PC-1500, 1.3 MHz
*LU57813P sub CPU, 307.2 kHz
*96K ROM
*16K RAM, expandable to 80K
*26 column, 4 line LCD with a 5x7 character matrix
*156x32 dot graphics
*Real time clock
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RS-232C
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interface
*Optical serial port
*Analogue interface for connection to sensors
*390 g in weight with batteries
Accessories
*CE-1600M program module providing 32K of battery backed storage
*CE-1600P Printer/Cassette interface
*CE-1600F 2.5-inch double-sided pocket disk drive providing 64K of storage per side with CE-1650F media
See also
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Sharp pocket computer character sets The Sharp pocket computer character sets are a number of 8-bit character sets used by various Sharp pocket computers and calculators in the 1980s and mid 1990s.
Character sets PC-12xx and PC-14xx series
The Sharp PC-14xx series (like the Sharp ...
References
Further reading
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External links
The Ultimate Pocket ComputerOriginal product brochures and source for accessories
Sharp PC-1600 site by Harald RichterGerman with sections in English and French
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