16 Apr
2000
16 Apr
'00
8:37 a.m.
Any chance to get a copy (electronic or other) of the tech manual for the
1500?
I did some search on the www to no avail.
Thanks
Francois
----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: New Toy, Yikes it wants batteries
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Sharp did produce Technical manuals for some of their machines. I have
them for the PC1500 series and the PC1350 series. These manuals document
the machine code, give ROM routine calls, schematics, etc. So it's quite
possible that you had a program written in machine code. There are
probably also ways of making uneditable/unexitable BASIC programs if you
POKE in the right place as well...
-Philip
PS : be very wary taking it apart. The keycaps aren't attached to
anything and will all fall out if you aren't careful :)
It can't be as bad as some of the HP desktop keyboards (HP9815, HP9825,
etc). The keycaps on those fall out even if you are careful....
-tony