Sharp MZ80-B

From: Hans Franke <Hans.Franke_at_mch20.sbs.de>
Date: Thu Jan 28 05:40:02 1999

> 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
Received on Thu Jan 28 1999 - 05:40:02 GMT

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