The Sharp PC-1350 is a small

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manufactured by

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. The PC-1350 was introduced in 1984 and was used by engineers, and favored by programmers for its programming and graphical capabilities. It was superseded in 1987 by the PC-1360, which featured one additional RAM expansion port, improved

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capability, and a faster

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Technical specifications

Listed below are the technical specification of the PC-1350 and PC-1360 models. * CMOS 8-bit CPU SC61860 at 768 kHz * 24x4 character ( 150x32

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controlled by SC43537 display LSI chip * 4

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on 2x HM6116 chip * 40 KiB System ROM (8 KiB CPU internal, 32 KiB external on SC613256 chip) * Integrated piezo speaker (beep only) * I/O Sharp custom interfaces for

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and

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s * I/O

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at TTL level * Powered by two CR-2032 lithium batteries (consumption max. 5 mA during arithmetical computing, 20 uA during poweroff) * Built-in

interpreter * RAM expansion port, for up to 20 KiB of RAM in total.

References

External links

Images of a PC-1350 and a short description of functionality.

PC-1350 Service manual.

PC-1350 Mame / Emma / Mess emulator page.

PC-1350 Memory map
{{Dynabook Inc. PC-1350 PC-1350

Technical specifications

See also

References

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