27 Jan
1999
27 Jan
'99
10:43 a.m.
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27 Jan
27 Jan
9:40 p.m.
I hope this is not a single-instance machine :-)
Nop, dream ended :)
A few years ago I was given a Sharp MZ80-B computer +
disk drive.
Yesterday I got the user manual for the base machine, including the full
schematics :-)
Need !
Anyway, I've had a quick look at my machine. It
appears to be pretty
stuffed. The 3 internal options - extra 32K RAM, 8K graphics RAM 1 and
the expansion cardcage are all installed. In the cardcage is the 8K
graphics RAM 2 card, a floppy controller, a Sharp 16 in, 16 out user
port, and a homebrew card (4 TTL chips, so it's going to be trivial to
work out what it does)
THe MZ80s are basicly Z80 PETs :)
What I don't have is any software. All that's
in the ROM is a bootstrap
for the cassette or disk. There's not even a machine code monitor :-(. So
I am totally stuck.
There is - or at least should be - you are able to dump mem,
change mem and start a programm.
Does anyone have one of these machines or know where
to get the software
from?
I'll have to look, back home are at least two books (and maybe some soft).
Gruss
H.
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
28 Jan
28 Jan
12:54 a.m.
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4:06 a.m.
::THe MZ80s are basicly Z80 PETs :)
What makes you say that?
Just look at it and compare - the only difference from a
users view is that the PET had a ROM Basic, while the MZ80s
would boot BASIC from cassette. Everyting else was _very_
similar - including the design of the case - chicklett or
simple Keyboard, build in CRT, Flip case to open ... etc.
They are definitly the Japanese answer to the PET/CBM.
I belive their design order was 'make such a PET thing'.
Remember, in the late 70s/early 80s Japan was still in
the 'lets clone it and make it cheaper and maybe a bit
better' bussines.
Gruss
H.
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
8:13 a.m.
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11:02 a.m.
New subject: KIM-1 Case
A while back, Marvin showed a pic of a nice KIM-1 case that looked like it
might have been a factory option. I just found an old ad from "the
enclosure group" for a case that looked just like it for $23.50 in 1979.
Somebody in the San Francisco area should poke their head around 55
Stevenson, and see if they can find a bunch of old KIM-1 cases in a dusty
warehouse....
-- Doug
11:25 p.m.
New subject: KIM-1 Case
A while back, Marvin showed a pic of a nice KIM-1 case
that looked like it
might have been a factory option. I just found an old ad from "the
enclosure group" for a case that looked just like it for $23.50 in 1979.
They also had a case for the AIM and SYM
Somebody in the San Francisco area should poke their
head around 55
Stevenson, and see if they can find a bunch of old KIM-1 cases in a dusty
warehouse....
Let's go :)
Gruss
H.
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
1:37 p.m.
On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
A few years ago I was given a Sharp MZ80-B computer +
disk drive.
Yesterday I got the user manual for the base machine, including the full
schematics :-)
Would you like an MX80K to go with that MZ80B?
<<
Ray Fordham <R.Fordham(a)wye.ac.uk>
Ashford, Kent UK - Tuesday, January 26, 1999 at 09:11:35
I am getting rid of an old (1980) SHARP MX80K with manuals
etc. Any offers?
>
-- Doug
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