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MZ700
Series
The Sharp MZ 700 serie replaces the old serie of MZ 80 (MZ 80K,
MZ 80A and MZ 80B). Moreover, the MZ 700 is compatible with the
MZ 80K. The MZ 700 serie is made up of four machines : the first
three ones were launched in 1983 and the last one was launched late
in 1985 (in fact, this one is the "ancestor" of the MZ 800) : the
MZ 710 was the "naked" model, the MZ 720 had an integrated tape
recorder and the MZ 730 had an integrated plotter too. The fourth
model was the MZ 780 which had a 80 columns card, a floppy disk
drive too and a Centronics port. It worked under CP/M. There was
no language in ROM, the ROM had only 2 KB (just for boot and for
OS calls), it had to be loaded from tape. So there was a lot of
language on this machine (more than 5 basics, assemblers, pascal,
lisp, C, fortran, Comal, forth). The games were a bit poor because
of the low rez, but there were 512 graphic characters in ROM which
can be used to offset it. It will be replaced with the MZ 800 serie.
NB
: text taken www.computingmuseum.com
Specs
YEAR 1983
COUNTRY
Japan
CPU Zilog Z80 A
SPEED 4 MHz
COPROCESSORS N/A
ROM 2 KB
RAM 64 KB
VRAM 2 KB
TEXT Modes 40 x 25
GRAPHIC Modes 50 x 80
COLORS 8
SOUND one channel, 3 octaves
I/O Ports Parallel, Joystick (2), Z80 Bus, Tape, RGB Media
Tape recorder Operating System N/A
MZ800
& 1500 Series
The
sharp MZ 800 is the successor of the MZ 780. It was partially compatible
with the 700 serie and by the way, with the old MZ 80K serie too.
The MZ 800 had an integrated tape recorder like the 700 which works
at 1200 bauds. It can be substituted for a Quick disk unit, which
is a small 2'8 inches disk with a sequential access. Like the MZ
700, there is no language in ROM, it has to be loaded from tape,
quick disk or floppy disk. The ROM contains only boot code and OS
calls and special code to allow the user to use the 64 Ko ram as
a virtual disk. A single or double 5'25 inches disk drive can be
connected on the 800, then it becomes a CP/M compatible. It works
then under a special version of CP/M called P-CP/M, some great products
like Wordstar, dBase II, Multiplan were adapted on it, it is possible
(under CP/M) to read multiple disk formats from the 360 Ko (sharp
format) to the 720 Ko (CP/M IBM PC format). A little color plotter
(compatible with the one which was integrated on the MZ 730 or MZ
780) can be connected too. It was sold in Japan under the name "SHARP
MZ 1500", the MZ 1500 is the same characteristics except its black
case.
SPECS
YEAR
1985
COUNTRY Japan
CPU Zilog Z80 A
SPEED 3.5 MHz
COPROCESSORS N/A
ROM 16 KB
RAM 64 KB
VRAM 16 KB (up to 32 KB)
TEXT Modes 40 x 25 / 80 x 25
GRAPHIC Modes 320 x 200 / 640 x 200
COLORS 4 (320 x 200 and 16 if extended VRAM), 2 (640 x 200
and 4 if extended VRAM)
SOUND three channels, 6 octaves
I/O Ports Centronics, Joystick (2), Z80 Bus, Tape, RGB Media
Tape recorder
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