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From: streeter@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Kenneth B. Streeter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Handhelds w/Basic Interpreter (In particular, SHARP PC-1500)
Summary: What's out there?
Message-ID: <1990Sep14.125100.29986@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 14 Sep 90 12:51:00 GMT
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I am looking for a handheld "pocket computer" and their peripherals.
In specific, I already have a Sharp PC-1500 pocket computer, and would
be very interested if anybody out there has any peripherals for it
(printer/cassette drive, etc...) that they would be willing to sale.

Alternatively, if anybody has any suggestions for alternate machines,
here are my needs:

  Internal Time-Of-Day Clock
  Small Size    (less than half the size of a shoebox... laptops are out...)
  Simple Programming Language      (prefer one I already know...)
  Price < $100

A few people have suggested I try to find an HP-41 with a time module,
however, I have never programmed one of them.  Specifically, I would
like to have a set of routines that query the user (supplying
appropriate prompts) and perform simple calculations, displaying the
answer nicely.

What else is out there that may suit my needs?

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