Editing Sharp PC-1211 (section)

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| related      = [[Sharp PC-1500]]<br>[[Sharp PC-1251]]
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The '''Sharp PC-1211''' is the first [[pocket computer]] ever released, marketed by [[Sharp Corporation]] in March 1980.<ref name=cw>{{cite journal | last=Hayes | first=Frank | date=December 16, 2002 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/216103610/ | title=The Story So Far | work=Computerworld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=36 | issue=51 | page=28 | via=the Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last=Barry | first=John | date=September 1, 1980 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=az4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT65 | title=Japanese Retailer Pursues U.S. Market | work=InfoWorld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=2 | issue=15 | pages=26–27 | via=Google Books}}</ref> The computer was powered by two [[4-bit computing|4-bit]] [[CPU]]s laid out in power-saving [[CMOS]] circuitry. One acted as the main CPU, the other dealt with the input/output and display interface. Users could write [[computer program]]s in [[BASIC]].

A [[badge-engineered]] version of the PC-1211, the '''TRS-80 Pocket Computer''' (model '''PC-1'''), was marketed by [[Radio Shack]] in July 1980 as the first iteration of the [[TRS-80]] Pocket Computer with just a marginally different look (outer plastic parts in black, not brown, gray display frame)