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<h2 id="features">Features</h2> <p>As with desktop <a href="/facts/IBM_PC/yhcJGMPL">IBM PCs</a>, this one-pound device's<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> screen displayed 80-column 25 lines.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h3>Peripherals</h3> <p>The machine was one of the first to support the <a href="/facts/PC_Card/Dt0get4l">PC card interface</a>, at the time known as PCMCIA. </p><p>Printers, floppy drives, dial-up modems, Fax modems were among the supported peripheral devices. </p> <h3>System software</h3> <p>Choice were <a href="/facts/MS-DOS_3.3/fVrrz1uN">MS-DOS 3.3</a> and <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows_3.0/AmCtP94m">Microsoft Windows 3.0</a> (running in <a href="/facts/Real_mode/wfU8vfjn">real mode</a> with a mouse).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h3>Application software</h3> <p>The machine came with a suite of built in application providing a simple word processor, calculator and <a href="/facts/Lotus_1-2-3/tnkvSG3M">1-2-3</a> compatible spreadsheet. </p><p>With some tweaking, it was also possible to run <a href="/facts/WordPerfect/x0R6HU9f">WordPerfect</a>, <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Word/HPSu5W4j">Microsoft Word</a> and <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Excel/Ezal6G75">Microsoft Excel</a>. </p> <h2 id="sharp-pc-3100">Sharp PC-3100</h2> <p>A 2 MB model was produced: the 3100.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="notes-and-references">Notes and references</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>1993 in Japan <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Sharp PC-3000 palm top computer". <a href="http://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co64145/sharp-pc-3000-palm-top-computer-palmtop-computer" target="_blank">http://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co64145/sharp-pc-3000-palm-top-computer-palmtop-computer</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>John C. Dvorak (January 1992). "Sharp PC-3000". PC Magazine. <a href="http://www.verycomputer.com/25_ca7326a3a9406c30_1.htm" target="_blank">http://www.verycomputer.com/25_ca7326a3a9406c30_1.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"It is described as "a 1-pound clone of the. Poqet". <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Sharp PC-3000". Computerworld. October 21, 1991. p. 109. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=RtUfTmEkl6IC" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=RtUfTmEkl6IC</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"See just how Wonderful and Versatile the SHARP PC 3000 Palmtop really is". <a href="http://home.freeuk.com/hieroglyph/pc3story.htm" target="_blank">http://home.freeuk.com/hieroglyph/pc3story.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"DOS Palmtop: Sharp PC-3100 Details and specs". List of DOS-based palmtop computers. Retrieved 2025-01-05. <a href="https://www.palmtops.net/DOSPALMTOP/sharppc3100.html" target="_blank">https://www.palmtops.net/DOSPALMTOP/sharppc3100.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"See just how Wonderful and Versatile the SHARP PC 3000 Palmtop really is". <a href="http://home.freeuk.com/hieroglyph/pc3story.htm" target="_blank">http://home.freeuk.com/hieroglyph/pc3story.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>