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 last 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.
The programming language was usually BASIC.
List of non-Pocket computers
The section below contains[3] machines that were several pounds in weight and briefcase size.
List of Pocket computers
| Manufacturer | Model |
|---|---|
See also
References
- ^ 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