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 The Sharp MZ-800 is an 8-bit home computer which was manufactured since late 1984. It offered an 80 chars width display, high colour graphics, 3 channel sound and high extensibility. The Sharp MZ-800 is an 8-bit home computer which was manufactured since late 1984. It offered an 80 chars width display, high colour graphics, 3 channel sound and high extensibility.
  
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-There were also versions, which were sold with a quickdisk drive MZ-1F11 instead of the cassette recorder, although these were quite rare. Below, you see one of them.+There were also versions, which were sold with a quickdisk drive MZ-1F11 instead of the cassette recorder, although these were quite rare and more was sold exclusive on Japan market with MZ-1500 model.
  
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 The machine was powered by a Zilog Z80 processor and owned 64KB RAM and 16KB VRAM, which both could be enhanced. The MZ-800 could be extended by a large variety of peripherals, ranging from ram cards, floppy disks, printers and plotters to hardware extension boxes. The machine was powered by a Zilog Z80 processor and owned 64KB RAM and 16KB VRAM, which both could be enhanced. The MZ-800 could be extended by a large variety of peripherals, ranging from ram cards, floppy disks, printers and plotters to hardware extension boxes.
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 And even more software was available for the MZ-800 due to its software-compatibility with the predecessor series MZ-700 and MZ-80. Due to Sharp's concept of "clean computers", which only have a bootstrap EPROM and a machine code monitor and need to load the programming language/operating system from a mass storage device, there were lots of languages available. Some of them were: Assembler, Basic, Eumel/Elan, Forth, Fortran, Lisp, Logo, Pascal, Prolog,... And even more software was available for the MZ-800 due to its software-compatibility with the predecessor series MZ-700 and MZ-80. Due to Sharp's concept of "clean computers", which only have a bootstrap EPROM and a machine code monitor and need to load the programming language/operating system from a mass storage device, there were lots of languages available. Some of them were: Assembler, Basic, Eumel/Elan, Forth, Fortran, Lisp, Logo, Pascal, Prolog,...
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 +{{ :en:mz-800.png|MZ-811}}**Data sheet**
  
-== Data sheet == 
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 These are the MZ-800's technical data in detail: These are the MZ-800's technical data in detail:
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-* Year 1984  
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-CPU  
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- Zilog Z80A at 3.5467 MHz  
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-RAM  
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- 64KB, expandable to 128KB  
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-VRAM  
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- 16KB, expandable to 32KB  
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-ROM  
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- 16KB, includes machine code monitor  
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-Video modes  
-(text)  
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- • 40x25, 16 colors (VRAM*)  
-• 40x25, 4 out of 16 colors  
-• 80x25, 4 out of 16 colors (VRAM*)  
-• 80x25, 2 out of 16 colors  
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-Video modes  
-(graphics)  
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- • 320x200, 16 colors (VRAM*)  
-• 320x200, 4 out of 16 colors  
-• 640x200, 4 out of 16 colors (VRAM*)  
-• 640x200, 2 out of 16 colors  
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-Sound  
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- Programmable sound generator SN76489AN with noise generator and three channel/six octaves FM sound. Inbuilt speaker with volume control.  
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-Keyboard  
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- QWERTY typewriter keyboard with seperate cursor keys and function keys blocks. There are up to two additional graphics symbols assigned to each key.  
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-Interfaces  
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- Expansion bus, printer, monitor (rgb), video, tv, cassette recorder (1200 baud), joystick (two ports, compatible to Atari), power connector for peripherals.  
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-Mass storage  
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- • 2.8" quickdisk drive MZ-1F11  
-• 5.25" floppy drive MZ-1F02  
-• 5.25" double floppy drive MZ-1F19  
-• Cassette recorder MZ-1T04  
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-Extensions  
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- • 64 KB RAM disk MZ-1R18  
-• 16 KB VRAM extension MR-1R25  
-• Expansion unit MZ-1ZU06  
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-Compatible  
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- MZ-700 series, MZ-80 series.  
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-Similar  
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- MZ-1500 (black, Japanese MZ-821 with integrated quickdisk drive)  
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-Size  
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- 440x109x305 mm  
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-Weight  
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- 4.0 kg (MZ-811), 4.3 kg (MZ-821)  
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 +^ Year | 1984 |
 +^ CPU | Zilog Z80A at 3.5467 MHz |
 +^ RAM | 64KB, expandable to 128KB |
 +^ VRAM | 16KB, expandable to 32KB |
 +^ ROM | 16KB, includes machine code monitor |
 +^ Video modes\\ (text) | * 40x25 characters, 8/16 colours PCG 8x8 |
 +^ Video modes\\ (graphics) | * 320x200, 4 out of 16 colours\\ * 320x200, 16 colours (VRAM*)\\ * 640x200, 2 out of 16 colours\\ * 640x200, 4 out of 16 colours (VRAM*) |
 +^ Sound | Programmable sound generator SN76489AN with noise generator and three channel/six octaves FM sound. Inbuilt speaker with volume control. |
 +^ Keyboard | QWERTY typewriter keyboard with seperate cursor keys and function keys blocks. There are up to two additional graphics symbols assigned to each key. |
 +^ Interfaces | Expansion bus, printer, monitor (rgb), video, tv, cassette recorder (1200 baud), joystick (two ports, compatible to Atari), power connector for peripherals. |
 +^ Mass storage | * 2.8" quickdisk drive MZ-1F11\\  * 5.25" floppy drive MZ-1F02\\ * 5.25" double floppy drive MZ-1F19\\ * Cassette recorder MZ-1T04  |
 +^ Extensions | * 64 KB RAM disk MZ-1R18\\ * 16 KB VRAM extension MR-1R25\\ * Expansion unit MZ-1ZU06 |
 +^ Compatible to | MZ-700 series, MZ-80 series. |
 +^ Similar to | MZ-1500 (black, integrated quickdisk drive, different graphical chip) |
 +^ Size (w/h/d) | 440x109x305 mm |
 +^ Weight | 4.0 kg (MZ-811), 4.3 kg (MZ-821) |
  
-(VRAM*) = 32 KB VRAM required  +(VRAM*) = 32 KB VRAM required  
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