> > I still belive the best learning documentation ever was done for
> > the east German machines - designed to give you every skill and
> > knowledge needed around computers - maybe not very fancy and not
> > realy colorfull, but understandable, detailed and without any
> Top of my list for this would be the user manual for the Sharp MZ700. It
> starts off with a simple introduction to computers, and follows it with
> the standard 'introduction to BASIC' with little cartoons, etc. Then
> comes how to hook up your MZ700.
> And then, totally unexpectedly, we get the full schematics of the MZ700
> (including PSU, tape drive, printer, PSU, etc), the machine code monitor
> commands, and a list/description of the Z80 opcodes. In the appendix
> there's a commented source listing of the bootstrap/monitor ROM.
Sounds like the average East German Manual.
> I am still trying to figure out who that manual is aimed at...
Made by tech guys for tech guys ?
Gruss
H.
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Received on Sat Mar 11 2000 - 06:54:08 GMT