The Sharp PC-2000 Computer Boombox from 1979

4 comments

• pelcg48 minutes ago
  Sharp still standing strong more than 100 years later in Japan. Didn't know they made personal computers back then
  • car3 minutes ago
    I learned programming on a Sharp MZ-80K. Rectangular sheet metal case with an amber monochrome monitor and a built in cassette tape drive for storage. The keyboard keys were neatly squared up, zero ergonomics. You could flip it open like the hood of a car. And I faintly recall that there was some kind of UV erasable EEprom inside, not sure what for.
  • hvs45 minutes ago
    <i>Everyone</i> made personal computers in the late 70&#x27;s and early 80&#x27;s. It was the latest corporate fad.
• simlevesque1 hour ago
  First time I hear about this device. I learned to program 25 years ago on a PC-1500. I wish it had multiple lines like this machine !
  • qingcharles22 minutes ago
    The bane of the single line display! It&#x27;s amazing what constraints like that can do to your imagination and skills, though. You have to be very clever.<p>I programmed all day at school for years on the Casio version:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vintage-calculators.nl&#x2F;page89.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vintage-calculators.nl&#x2F;page89.html</a>
• SoftTalker1 hour ago
  From the keyboard it looks more like a programmable calculator than a computer, maybe splitting hairs considering the era.
  • incanus7742 minutes ago
    It looks to me to have:<p>- NEW<p>- GTO (GOTO)<p>- LST (LIST)<p>- END<p>- RUN<p>- FOR<p>- NXT (NEXT)<p>- LOD (LOAD)<p>- STP (STOP)<p>- RTN (RETURN)<p>All of which are BASIC commands, as well as GTS (go to subroutine, probably like GOSUB).<p>In addition, it would’ve lent itself well to loading programs from cassette (see TI-99 or TRS-80 of the era).<p>I have a 1984 Sharp PC-1246 handheld which is surprisingly programmable despite being about the size of a modern smartphone, an actual calculator form factor, and, you know, from 1984.
• paulgerhardt1 hour ago
  “Cyberfunk”