Sharp MZ-700

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu Jan 29 15:21:08 1998

Sounds like it's not reading the bootstrap ROM properly. Open it up and
reseat the ICs in it.

   Joe

At 02:16 AM 1/29/98 +0930, you wrote:
>Hi!
>
>I just picked up an MZ-721, which is rather neat. Oddly, it loads Basic
>from tape, which seems fairly unusual for a cassette-based system.
>Anyway, when I switched it on I got nothing but garbage on the screen,
>and ning I do seems to change it at all. Shoud I consider this a dead
>computer, take photos and treasure the manuals? Or is this the sort of
>think which *may* be repaired, so I shoudl track down someone who fixes
>these things and get them to look at it. Indeed, is it even worth the
>effort?
>
>I tried to find information on it, but almost everything seems to be in
>Japanese. :)
>
>Thanks heaps,
>
>Adam.
>
Received on Thu Jan 29 1998 - 15:21:08 GMT