Sharp PC-5000

<h2 id="reception">Reception</h2>
<p><i><a href="/facts/Your_Computer_(Australian_magazine)/rkJJIexM">Your Computer</a></i> magazine selected the PC-5000 as one of the best personal computers of 1983.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> <i><a href="/facts/Creative_Computing/xDFuhfa2">Creative Computing</a></i> chose the PC-5000 as the best notebook portable between $1,000 and $2,500 for 1984, although criticizing the difficulty of finding the computer in stores and questionable support from Sharp and third-party vendors.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/~fjkraan/comp/pc5000/index.html">Article about the PC-5000</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v10n1/55_The_Sharp_PC5000_a_desk.php">Review of the PC-5000 from 1984</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.vintage-computer.com/sharppc5000.shtml">Vintage-computer page about the PC-5000</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=476">Old-computers page about the PC-5000</a></li>
<li>"Sharp PC-5000, 360 degree model", <a href="http://vintage-laptops.com/?page_id=127&lang=en"><i>Russian Vintage Laptop Museum</i></a> (museum), 6 April 2017</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Portables: Sharp's entry". The Globe and Mail. Bell Globemedia Publishing: B13. November 11, 1983 – via ProQuest. <a href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/386584665/" target="_blank">https://www.proquest.com/docview/386584665/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Sharp PC-5000, Old Computers <a href="https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=476" target="_blank">https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=476</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Japanese PCs (1984) (13:13), Computer Chronicles <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbh1XP4kCT4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbh1XP4kCT4</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Foster, Edward (July 22, 1985). "News, Hardware: Sharp Offers LCD Transportable". InfoWorld. 7 (29). CW Communications: 22 – via the Internet Archive. <a href="https://archive.org/stream/Infoworld-1985-07-22#page/n23/mode/1up/" target="_blank">https://archive.org/stream/Infoworld-1985-07-22#page/n23/mode/1up/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Personal Computer of the Year: Sharp PC-5000". Your Computer. April 1984. pp. 34, 37. <a href="https://archive.org/details/yc_1984_04/page/34" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/yc_1984_04/page/34</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Ahl, David H. (December 1984). "Top 12 computers of 1984". Creative Computing. Retrieved 2019-03-16. <a href="/wiki/David_H._Ahl" target="_blank">/wiki/David_H._Ahl</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Sharp PC-5000 open-in-new

Sharp PC-5000