Editing Sharp PC-1500 (section)

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{{Infobox information appliance
| name = Sharp PC-1500
| image = Sharp PC-1500 IMG 4255.jpg
| caption = The Sharp PC-1500 with printer/plotter and cassette interface in travel case. On display at the [[Musée Bolo]], [[École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne|EPFL]], Lausanne.
| release date = {{Start date and age|1981|df=yes}}
| discontinued = {{Start date and age|1985|df=yes}}
| lifespan = 1981-1985 (4 years)
| generation = First
| successor = [[Sharp PC-5000]]
| related = [[Sharp PC-1211]]<br>[[Sharp PC-1251]]
}}
The '''Sharp PC-1500''' was a [[pocket computer]] produced by [[Sharp Corporation|Sharp]] between 1981 and 1985. A [[Rebadging|rebadged]] version was also sold as the '''[[Tandy Pocket Computer|TRS-80 Pocket Computer]] PC-2'''.

The whole computer was designed around the LH5801, an [[8-bit]] [[CPU]] similar to the [[Zilog]] [[Z80]], but all laid-out in power-saving CMOS circuits. Equipped with 2&nbsp;KB of on-board RAM, the [[programming language]] is [[BASIC]]. Later, German engineers provided an [[assembly language|assembler]] for the machine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pc-1500.info/tag/assembler/|title=Assembler Archives - PC-1500.info|last=|first=|date=|website=PC-1500.info|publisher=|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref> Later even a [[C compiler]] followed.
An external slot is available and accepts memory (from 4&nbsp;KB to 32&nbsp;KB) and ROM modules.

Eight versions of this pocket computer with 2&nbsp;KB memory:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pc-1500.info |title = All and more about Sharp PC-1500 and Tandy PC-2}}</ref>
*Sharp PC-1500 - Japanese version (1981)
*Sharp PC-1500 - Japanese version with blue paint around LCD. CE-157 Kana module bundle model. Known as PC-1500D (1984)
*Sharp PC-1500 - European, Australasian and North American version (1982)
*Sharp PC-1500 RP2 - Brazilian version (1982)
*HiradasTechnika PTA-4000 - Hungarian licence.
*HiradasTechnika PTA-4000+16 - Hungarian licence (with internal 16&nbsp;KB memory extension)
*Tandy TRS-80 PC-2
*Nanfeng PC-1500A - Chinese license (CKD assembly from Japanese components)

Two versions with 8&nbsp;KB memory:
*Sharp PC-1501 - Japanese rework with 8&nbsp;KB memory (1984)
*Sharp PC-1500A - Western rework with 8&nbsp;KB memory (1984)