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 ====== Technical data: Sharp MZ-800 ======
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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.
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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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+{{ :en:img_002.gif |MZ-831}}
 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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-**Data sheet**
+{{ :en:mz-800.png|MZ-811}}**Data sheet**
 These are the MZ-800's technical data in detail:
 ^ Year | 1984 |
 ^ CPU | Zilog Z80A at 3.5467 MHz |
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 ^ VRAM | 16KB, expandable to 32KB |
 ^ ROM | 16KB, includes machine code monitor |
-^ Video modes\\ (text) | * 40x25, 4 out of 16 colours\\ * 40x25, 16 colours (VRAM*)\\ * 80x25, 2 out of 16 colours\\ * 80x25, 4 out of 16 colours (VRAM*) |
+^ 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. |
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 ^ 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, Japanese MZ-821 with integrated quickdisk drive) |
+^ 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) |