Hiradas Technika had a licence for the CE-150 too.
It’s a perfect clone renamed KA-160.
The light brown wallet is a bad clone.
KA-160
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PTA-4000
Most of you don’t know that Sharp PC-1500 was produced in Hungary.
Hiradas Technika, HT, had a licence for a clone : the PTA-4000.
It’s a PC-1500 with e cheap pouch ! Only flat plastic.
The board is really the PC-1500
CE-150 by Radio Shack
This printer is really a Sharp clone.
They made the choice of black color… why ?
The pocket is grey and light grey.
TRS-80 PC2
Radio Shack decided to sell the PC-1500 with it’s own face.
Look at the keys, they are perfectly ordered !
But i don’t think it’s very useful.
The CPU board is not different.
CE-150
The CE-150 is part of PC-1500’s success.
In 1981 getting a plotter for pocket computer was an event.
4 colors, with tape input/output, full expansion bus… all to make the PC-1500 a powerful system.
PC-1500A
And now the updated version arrives in USA and Europe.
With it’s dark brown paint you can make the difference.
PC-1501
Now there is enough memory : the PC-1501 is a really usable system.
The display board is new, with the expanded memory.
PC-1500
The European and USA version released in 1982.
The board is final, the production runs !
PC-1500 Japan
Family’s first, born in 1981.
You can see the Katana codes near the keys.
They are only available with CE-157 or after loading CE-156 tape.
You can see many straps on these early boards.
Was it a design problem ? Production problem ?
New paper or plastic keyboard tool
Here are my new paper and plastic tool for the keyboard.
The difference with Sharp ones is that these cover the function keys.
