Pocket computer
A pocket computer was a 1980s-era user programmable calculator-sized computer that had fewer screen lines, [1] and often fewer characters per line, than the Pocket-sized computers introduced beginning in 1989.[2]
Manufacturers included Casio, Hewlett-Packard, Sharp, Tandy/Radio Shack (selling Casio and Sharp models under their own TRS line) and many more.
The programming language was usually BASIC.
The latest Sharp pocket computer, the PC-G850V (2001) is programmable in C, BASIC, and Assembler. An important feature of pocket computers was that all programming languages were available for the device itself, not downloaded from a cross-compiler on a larger computer.
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List of non-Pocket computers[edit]
The section below contains[3] machines that were several pounds in weight and briefcase size.
List of Pocket computers[edit]
| Manufacturer | Model |
|---|---|
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Some had only one line
- ^ Andrew Pollack (March 26, 1981). "The Portable Computer". NYTimes.com.
- ^ some
- ^ www.hpmuseum.org The Museum of HP Calculators
- ^ http://sharppocketcomputers.com/
- ^ http://pocket.free.fr/html/sharp/sharp_e.html
- ^ http://www.rskey.org/CMS/index.php/exhibit-hall/index.php/exhibit-hall/17?Sharp=ON
External links[edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pocket computers. |
- Pocket Computer Museum
- Soviet Calculators Collection (English)
- www.calculators.de – Museum of Pocket Calculating Devices
- http://www.epocalc.net/php/liste_calc.php?tri=nbr&sens=DESC
- http://www.angelfire.com/planet/geraldk/Gdkpc4.htm
- http://oldcomputers.net/
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