Sharp PC-1475

[Dave Britten]

Oh that family tree is nice, maybe I should print it out and use it as a collection checklist.

I think this one combines the most features I like about Sharps so far:

• DEF key
• AREAD
• RENUM
• Step-by-step debugging
• Last-expression replay
• RSV mode (very handy on this model for defining shortcuts to SAVE"F:, LOAD"F:, FILES"F:, DSKF(3), etc.)
• INPUT command that lets you hit ENTER to skip the rest of the line and keep the original variable value
• Multi-line screen, and the font isn't quite as horizontally compressed as on the PC-1403/EL-5500III
• RAM "floppy" disk via interchangeable memory cards (and I have approximately one gallon of 8 KB cards to use!)
• CE-126P compatibility (doesn't quite fit in the CE-129P unfortunately)
• Double-precision math
  

The PC-1360 and Sharp Wizard BASIC card both offer larger screens, but both are lacking a number of these other important features. The Wizard definitely wins for typing with its keyboard buffer and two-key rollover, but the PC-1475 is on par with any other Sharp pocket.