NAME  

TRS-80 PC-2 (Sharp PC-1500)

MANUFACTURER  

Tandy Corp.

TYPE  

Pocket computer

ORIGIN  

Japan

YEAR  

1981

BUILT IN LANGUAGE 

BASIC interpreter

KEYBOARD  

65 keys, QWERTY calculator type with numeric key-pad

CPU  

CMOS LH5801 (8 Bit)

SPEED  

1.3 MHz

RAM  

3.5 KB

ROM  

16 KB

TEXT MODES 

1 line x 26 char. 5x7 dot matrix

GRAPHIC MODES 

7 x 156 pixels

COLORS  

Monochrome LCD

SOUND  

CPU controlled piezo buzzer, fixed frequency and duration via BASIC statement

SIZE / WEIGHT 

195 (W) x 8.6 (D) x 25.5 (H) mm / 375 g (with batteries)

I/O PORTS 

Proprietary 60-pin expansion bus, 40-pin slot for memory and program modules

POWER SUPPLY 

6 volts, 4 x 1.5 AA batteries

PERIPHERALS  

CE-150 4-colour pen-plotter and cassette interface, various RAM modules (4 to 2x16 kBytes), various interfaces (RS-232, Centronics, video), Software modules: graphics, math, engineering etc

PRICE  

$199

 

Tandy TRS-80 PC-2

TRS-80 PC-2

 After the success of the TRS-80 Pocket Computer (a.k.a. TRS-80 PC-1), Sharp also manufactured their PC-1500 in a version for Tandy Radio Shack.

This machine was marketed as the TRS-80 PC-2 (catalog number 26-3601). Internally, it was exactly the same machine. Only the front face design had been changed: the keyboard layout was different, with an additional enter key, and the


display had been shifted to the right. Moreover, the colour style was also slightly different, with a light gray instead of brown back of the case. Some peripherals supplied by Tandy were the "docking station" with 4 colour pen plotter and cassette interface (catalog number 26-3605), 4 and 8 KB RAM module (26-3615 and 26-3616), an external tape interface (26-3605) and an RS-232 interface (26-3612). Of course, all peripherals developed for the Sharp PC-1500 could also be used.