Sharp PC-1403

F ew i ndu stri e s in th e wo r l d today c an m a t c h th e ra pid g ro wth a nd t ec hn olog i ca l
adva n ces be i n g m ade i n the fi e l d of pe r so n a l compu ters . C o mp u te r s w hi c h ju s t a s ho rt
ti m e ago w o ul d have fil l ed a h uge room , r eq u ir ed a Ph . D . t o p rog r a m, and c ost
th ou sands o f d o ll a r s, n ow fi t i n t he p al m o f yo u r hand , ar e e asi l y p ro gr a mmed , a nd
c os t so l itt le t hat t hey a r e wi thin th e reac h of ne ar l y e v eryone .
Yo ur n e w SHAR P COMP U TER wa s des igned t o b ri ng you all o f t he la t e st sta t e-of-the -
art fe atur e s of this c o m pu t i ng r evo lution a nd it i n cor por a t es m a n y ad va n ced
ca pabi l it ies :
• SC I E NT I FI C CA L C U LATOR - It had been normal to u s e t w o differen t tasks ,
s ci e ntif ic ca l c u l ati o n (i nclu din g s tatistics) and compu t ing , before thi s c omputer .
Bu t now on l y one t oo l i s eno ugh. Th e co mput e r op e r a t es b o th as a sc ie ntifi c
ca l cu l ator and a p oc k et c ompu t er inc or po ra ting man y p r og r ammed s c i e ntific func-
tion s plu s BASIC co m m and keys for si m pl e programming .
• MEM O R Y SAFEGUARD - The comp u ter re members stor e d pr og ram s and variab-
les even wh en you t u rn it off.
• Batter y-p ow e r e d op e rat ion for true p ortab ili ty.
• AUTO POWER OFF f u nction which c on se rv es the batte ri es b y turn i ng the power off
if no a c tivity tak es pl a c e within a speci fie d time l imit.
• An e xpan de d ve r s i on o f BA S IC which provides form a tted o ut p ut, two dim e n s ional
ar r a y s , va ria b l e l eng th str ings, and many oth e r a dv a nced f ea tures .
• CE - 1 2 6 p r in te r / ca sse tte interfa c e i s provided .
Co ngr a tu lati on s on en ter ing an ex ci t ing and enjo y able ne w world . We are s ure t hat you
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is a po we rfu l t oo l , de s igned t o meet your s pe ci fic math e m a tica l, scienti fi c , engin e er-
i ng , bus i ness , a nd pers o n al comp ut i ng needs . W it h t h e S H ARP C O MP U TER you
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE . 1
Introductory Note