Editing Tandy Pocket Computer (section)

==History, lineage and nomenclature==
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Tandy introduced its first Pocket Computer in 1980 as an experiment; ''[[BYTE]]'' stated that "neither Tandy nor any of the other pocket-computer makers really know if there is a meaningful market for this machine". The magazine said that the vendors expected that businessmen would use them with a modem to communicate with larger computers.<ref name="libes198012">{{Cite magazine |last=Libes |first=Sol |date=December 1980 |title=Bytelines |url=https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1980-12/page/n215/mode/1up?view=theater |magazine=BYTE |pages=214-218 |volume=5 |issue=12}}</ref> Although not branded as such, the original [[TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-1|TRS-80 Pocket Computer]] later became known as the PC-1, as subsequent models were labelled PC-2 through PC-8. Some were made by Sharp, and the rest by [[Casio]] (PC-4 through PC-7). The PC-2 had four colored [[ballpoint pen|ball point pens]] and could print or plot on plain paper. The other print-capable models all used thermal paper, the PC-3 and PC-8 used one printer, while the PC-4, PC-5 and PC-6 used another. The PC-7 had no printer or cassette interface.

===Models===
The Tandy/TRS-80 model names are listed with the corresponding original Sharp or Casio model number.
* ''TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-1'' – [[Sharp PC-1211]]<ref name="goldklang">{{cite web|url=http://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/trs-80-computer-line/pocket/|title=TRS-80 Pocket Computers|publisher=Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived Site|access-date=2015-03-05|quote=[from "Stats" entries "What was it really?"] [PC-1 is] Sharp PC-1211 [PC-2 is] Sharp PC-1500 [PC-3/3A is] Sharp PC-1251 [PC-4 is] Casio PB-100 [PC-5 is] Casio FX-780P [PC-7 is] Casio FX-5200P [PC-8 is] Sharp PC-1246}}</ref>
* ''TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-2'' – [[Sharp PC-1500]]{{r|goldklang}}
* ''Tandy/TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-3'' – [[Sharp PC-1251]]{{r|goldklang}}
* ''TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-4'' – [[Casio PB-100]]{{r|goldklang}}
* ''Tandy Pocket Computer PC-5'' – [[Casio FX-780P]]{{r|goldklang}}
* ''Tandy Pocket Computer PC-6'' – [[Casio FX-790P]]{{r|goldklang}}
* ''Tandy Pocket Computer PC-7'' – [[Casio FX-5200P]]{{r|goldklang}}
* ''Tandy Pocket Computer PC-8'' – [[Sharp PC-1246]]{{r|goldklang}}