It’s time to let Reto Ambühlerr describe his company, products and story : TRAMsoft GmbH – History and Facts 1. The Name The name TRAMsoft derives from the initials of the founders Thomas Müller and Reto Ambühler. It is written in 4 uppercase and 4 lowercase letters to reflect the fact, that the SHARP PC-1500 supports […]
One of the biggest problems with the pocket computers was the place where to save programs. With the PC-1500 one solution was to get a big memory module like CE-161 or CE-163. The common system was the use of a tape recorder. But this was noisy and slow ! Reto and Thomas decided to design an interface between […]
On the last page of TRAMsoft advert we see “SRS Ing. R.W. Fankhauser” which was one of the best reseller for their modules. One other was “GEWA COMPUTERS”. (If some of you have informations about GEWA then please contact me) Here is an extract from the GEWA catalog 2/84 : (You can watch the prices […]
In the 80s we saw a lot of things appear for the Sharp PC-1500. Listings, tapes, memory modules and Eprom … and rare extensions. In 1983 a company was established in Switzerland by two young graduates of technical high school “Technikum Winterthur” Reto Ambühler and Thomas Müller. With their initials they named their company TRAMsoft. […]
After my PC-1500 memory module which need some corrections, i’m very proud to present you this incredible 512KB memory module for the PC-1600 built by Tom. The best thing to do is to let Tom explain it : At the beginning of 2014 I rediscovered the fascination of the vintage SHARP pocket computers. My very […]
The TE-1506 memory module is an important step on the way to the PC-1560. It’s Sharp PC-1500(A) compatible and offers some nice features that missed from a long time. I have ordered the prototype board and will receive it in two weeks. In the size of a module you’ll have a 32KB static RAM and […]
Happy birthday to my little website dedicated to the incredible Sharp PC-1500 !!! All the family is here for this event : Row 1: Sharp PC-1500 (US, EU) , Sharp PC-1500 RP2 (Brazil) Row 2: Sharp PC-1500 (JP), Sharp PC-1500D (JP) Row 3: Hiradastechnika PTA-4000, Hiradastechnika PTA-4000+16 Row 4: Sharp PC-1500A (US, EU), Sharp PC-1501 […]
We started the story with the Swiss company TRAMsoft. Now we continue with other names: Lukas Zeller, Stephan Paschedag Urs Ribi, Marco Feusi … By sorting a stack of papers I found a very interesting magazine written in German by Lukas Zeller and Stephan Paschedag. On the first volume there was a sticker with the […]