Sharp always had a reputation for building technically sound but rather stange computers, ignoring 'industry standards'. The PC-7000 broke this image.
This was a "lunchbox" portable IBM PC compatible system. It had two 5''1/4 disk-drives mounted on the right side and a nice blue tiltable screen, the world's first backlit LCD.
The system consisted of three main parts: system unit, keyboard and optional CE-700P printer. When the system had to be carried, both the keyboard and the printer clipped into the main unit.
One year later (1986) , the PC-7100 was launched. It had a 20Mb hard-disk instead of the second built-in 5''1/4 FDD.
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We had many hand me down computers growing up but this is the one I loved the most. Maybe it was that pack up portability or super crisp text on the screen. I remember spending hours playing in a text editor...exploring all the menu items to see what they would do. If anyone has a PC-7000 and wants to sell it let me know nelson1707 at Mac.com
Saturday 18th August 2018
Tim
Hi, my dad owned the Sharp 7100 and i assume like the 7100 the 7000 does not have a internal Batterie (except for BIOS) It only had a big 3 Pin Powersupply.
I learned programming on that the 7100- loved it. The internal display only was capable displaying Letters (i think it was 25 Lines and 80 Columns letters) the 7100 had an external Monitorport (I think it must be the 15 Pin that is often called vga-port but i don''t know if it was VGA or CGA or something) Only the external display was able to display graphics (i had to switch to another graphicmode to enable the external display and then i could draw sprites into the videoram). With the square on the right you can change the angle of the display to come out a bit and there was a weel at the top of this square to change the contrast.
i can confirm the 7100 has a 20mb harddisk and one 5 1/4 floppy drive.
some years ago i heared my father has thrown it away :''( (even if it was still working and had absolute no damages or scratches)
Monday 29th May 2017
Rene Wissmann (Germany)
Bonjour, je vend un Sharp PC 7000 en parfait état et complet. (Notice, OS, cables, pochette). Le rétroéclairage est orange, pas bleu.
cristofs@free.fr
Wednesday 30th March 2016
Cristof (France)
NAME
PC-7000
MANUFACTURER
Sharp
ORIGIN
Japan
YEAR
1985
CONTROLLERS
Full-stroke keyboard, numeric keypad, 10 function keys
CPU
Intel 8086
BUTTONS
7.37 or 4.77 Mhz
SWITCHES
optional 8087 math co-processor
SCORE
320k (704k max.)
ROM
16k
TEXT MODES
80 x 24
GRAPHIC MODES
640 x 200
COLORS
Monochrome LCD display
SOUND
Beeper
SIZE / WEIGHT
410 x 160 x 215 mm / 8,5 Kg
I/O PORTS
Serial port, parallel port, color CRT video output (optional)
BUILT IN MEDIA
2 x 5''1/4 disk-drives (360 KB each)
BATTERIES
MS-DOS
POWER SUPPLY
Internal batteries and external power supply (specs. unknown)
