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RE: HP Calculator Highlights since the 1980 - Zaphod - 04-04-2018 10:30 PM
(04-04-2018 10:24 PM)pier4r Wrote: Hmm. Are there sharp 1500 clones?
Sharp made a version of the 1500 for radio shack , different key layout but the machine was the same under the skin
http://oldcomputers.net/trs80pc2.html
RE: HP Calculator Highlights since the 1980 - Dave Frederickson - 04-04-2018 10:30 PM
(04-04-2018 10:24 PM)pier4r Wrote: Hmm. Are there sharp of 1500 clones?
From Old-Computers.com
There's a clone of this machine made by HÃradástechnika Corp. in Hungary based on the Sharp license. It was dubbed "PTA-4000" and has been relatively common (well, compared to Eastern bloc IT standards, that is) in during the '80s. It was sold in a kit with the KA-160 plotter/docking station and came with a 16kB RAM modul included.
Courtesy of Google.
It's a bit pricey.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HT-PTA-4000-16-full-kit-The-SUPER-RARE-Modified-Version-of-SHARP-PC-1500/122941950038
RE: HP Calculator Highlights since the 1980 - Waon Shinyoe - 04-04-2018 10:56 PM
(04-04-2018 10:24 PM)pier4r Wrote: Hmm. Are there sharp of 1500 clones?
A Chinese company Nanfeng was also authorized to produce PC-1500. I would recommend the great website http://www.pc-1500.info for more information about the 1500 series.
RE: HP Calculator Highlights since the 1980 - rprosperi - 04-04-2018 11:09 PM
(04-04-2018 10:56 PM)Waon Shinyoe Wrote:(04-04-2018 10:24 PM)pier4r Wrote: Hmm. Are there sharp of 1500 clones?I would recommend the great website http://www.pc-1500.info for more information about the 1500 series.
Thanks for that link, looks like a lot of info there.
I worked at Sharp starting in the late 80's and got to meet many of the engineers that worked on the PC-1500, I only wish I could have spent more time with them, a really bright and hard-working set of guys, yet also fun to drink beer with.