Sharp PC-E500S or Sharp PC-G850VS?

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(06-16-2022 09:06 AM)jonmoore Wrote:  You can still pick up a G850VS for a reasonable price, whereas the E500S comes with a heavy premium (much like the 71B), but my gut instinct is to hunt for an E500S in decent condition, but I'm looking for advice regarding this choice.

I have both, but I've used only the E500S so far.
What the emulator can't tell you is that the E500S is really huge. The G850VS is thicker, but not so large.
On the other side, the display of the G850VS has a superb contrast, and bigger characters, which can be useful. However the display of the E500S is not bad.

One of the greatest points of the E500S for me is the ability to program it in Forth, with a modern and very complete Forth system:
https://github.com/Robert-van-Engelen/Forth500