<s>
The	O
Sharp	B-Device
PC-1500	I-Device
was	O
a	O
pocket	B-Device
computer	I-Device
produced	O
by	O
Sharp	O
between	O
1981	O
and	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
rebadged	O
version	O
was	O
also	O
sold	O
as	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Pocket	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
PC-2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
whole	O
computer	O
was	O
designed	O
around	O
the	O
LH5801	O
,	O
an	O
8-bit	O
CPU	B-Device
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Zilog	B-General_Concept
Z80	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
all	O
laid-out	O
in	O
power-saving	O
CMOS	O
circuits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
German	O
engineers	O
provided	O
an	O
assembler	B-Language
for	O
the	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eight	O
versions	O
of	O
this	O
pocket	B-Device
computer	I-Device
with	O
2KB	O
memory	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Sharp	B-Device
PC-1500	I-Device
-	O
Japanese	O
version	O
with	O
blue	O
paint	O
around	O
LCD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CE-158	O
Communication	O
dock	O
with	O
RS-232C	O
and	O
parallel	O
interface	O
with	O
(	O
4	O
rechargeable	O
,	O
shrink-wrapped	O
,	O
permanently	O
built-in	O
)	O
NiCd	O
battery	O
(	O
AA	B-Algorithm
)	O
as	O
additional	O
power	O
supply	O
for	O
the	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CE-163	O
32KB	O
(	O
2x16KB	O
)	O
dual-page	O
memory	O
module	O
with	O
CR2032	B-Algorithm
battery	I-Algorithm
data	O
backup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
earlier	O
model	O
PC-1500s	B-Device
will	O
show	O
a	O
value	O
1	O
less	O
in	O
the	O
FOR	O
...	O
NEXT	O
counter	O
on	O
exiting	O
the	O
loop	O
compared	O
to	O
later	O
PC-1500s	B-Device
and	O
the	O
PC-1600	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
K	O
will	O
be	O
set	O
to	O
11	O
on	O
later	O
model	O
PC-1500s	B-Device
and	O
PC-1600s	O
,	O
but	O
will	O
be	O
10	O
on	O
early	O
PC-1500s	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
S	O
will	O
be	O
set	O
to	O
3	O
on	O
later	O
model	O
PC-1500s	B-Device
and	O
PC-1600s	O
,	O
but	O
will	O
be	O
4	O
on	O
early	O
PC-1500s	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
model	O
PC-1500s	B-Device
evaluate	O
IF	O
...	O
THEN	O
statements	O
differently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
early	O
model	O
PC-1500	B-Device
can	O
be	O
detected	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
command	O
:	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC-1500	B-Device
allows	O
special	O
abbreviations	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
syntax	O
can	O
also	O
look	O
as	O
follows	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
of	O
initial	O
prototypes	O
of	O
EMKE	O
series	O
of	O
public	O
transport	O
cash	O
registers	O
were	O
built	O
around	O
customized	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
PC-1500	B-Device
and	O
its	O
Hungarian	O
clone	O
PTA-4000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
production	O
models	O
used	O
almost	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Hungarian	O
regional	O
and	O
national	O
bus	O
services	O
up	O
to	O
present	O
day	O
,	O
are	O
built	O
around	O
a	O
version	O
designed	O
by	O
EMKE	O
and	O
are	O
heavily	O
influenced	O
by	O
the	O
PC-1500	B-Device
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
SHARP	B-Device
PC-1500A	I-Device
emulator	O
and	O
the	O
PockEmul	O
you	O
can	O
emulate	O
a	O
PC-1500A	B-Device
.	O
</s>
