The information about the SUC / UK ( Sharp Users Club / UK ) is translated into Italian now. Special thanks to Luciano Bianchini / Modena ( City of the Ferrari raced ) / Italy for the translation.

Photos of the MZ-40K Option 2 added.

A new page added:
"The Sharp MZ-2500 - a Recap, with Photographs"
by Marice Hawes / SUC/UK

The information about the SUC is translated into several languages. If you cannot find your language there, please help me by translating the english page into your language. For your kindly help I thankfully send you a gift for your MZ.

A new version of Michael Franzen's emulator is available for download. The new version improves the emulation speed highly.

A new version of Zdenek Adler's emulator is available for download. What's new ? Please read the description of the new version on the emulator's page.

A new version of Michael Franzen's emulator is available for download. The new version has corrected some coding for the PCG700 emulation.

A new version of Zdenek Adler's emulator is available for download. What's new ? Please read the description of the new version on the emulator's page.

"Using disk drives"
and "FD disks and control routines" expanded.

List of commands / tokens / entry points added for the K & P Disk-BASIC interpreter ( MZ-700 ).

List of commands / tokens / entry points updated for the Sharp Disk-BASIC interpreter 2Z-046 ( MZ-800 ).

A Japanese version of "Willy's MZ-800 Monitor" is now available for download. It contains the Japanese character set. A European version is also available.

The information about the SUC / UK ( Sharp Users Club / UK ) is translated into Catalan / ( Spain ) now. Special thanks to Xavier Vallverdú Amill / Catalonia / Spain for the translation.

The description of all commands of the "Willy's MZ-800 Monitor" has been completed. The next step will explain all subprograms and data areas of the monitor.

The information about the SUC / UK ( Sharp Users Club / UK ) is translated into Spanish now. Special thanks to Xavier Vallverdú Amill / Catalonia / Spain for the translation.

NIBBLER added for download.

A new page is in work: A powerful Monitor ROM for the MZ-800 which has a lot of additional functions, commands, and high expanded routines. It replaces the MZ-800 monitor ROM 9Z-504M and the monitor is compatible to the monitor 9Z-504M except that it does not support any Quick Disk drive. The routines for the QD are replaced by routines which support up to 4 floppy drives. The monitor ROM can be used by an emulator and ( if you burn it into a 16 kb ROM ) by your MZ-800 / MZ-1500.

MZ-700 / MZ-800: ( Dutch ) S-BASIC / BASICODE-2 added for download.

MZ-700 / MZ-800: FULL SPEED, MAD MAZE, PATROL ALPHA, QUIXI, SKY CHAOS, and SPACE GUERILLA added for download.

4 files: Assembler editor / symbolic debugger Sharp 1Z-018A / 1Z-018B / 5Z-011A / 5Z-011B added for download.

Apollo Word Processor v2.8 from the MZ-GG / Netherlands added for download.

PASCAL SP-4015 ( 3 versions e.g. QD-PASCAL ) added for download ( MZ-80K, MZ-700, MZ-800 ).

FANTASTIC GROVE added for download.

I've added a new link:
MZ-800 RetroMuseum
The author is Ulf Wagemann / Germany giving information around the MZ-700 and MZ-800. Visit his professionally designed pages and look at his very high quality pictures of MZ-systems. You'll find there literature, manuals, software and much more.

Visit also his homepage to enjoy his artistically photos and painted pictures.

The documentation of the PCG700 is finished. The last page to be finished was "Programming the PCG700". Special thanks to Hideki / Japan for the translations from the PCG700 Manual.

I have added a page "PCG700 games" which can be downloaded and used if a PCG700 is installed at your MZ-700.

A European version ( character set ) of the PCG-AID utility is available for download now.

The French translation of the information about the SUC is corrected.

The information about the SUC / UK ( Sharp Users Club / UK ) is translated and available now in the following languages:
English
French
Norwegian
Czech
German
Spanish
Catalan / ( Spain )
Italian
Finnish
Translations into other languages will follow.

I have continued the documentation of the PCG700. Now the documentation of the PCG-AID utility is finished and the utility can be downloaded.
The last page about programming the PCG700 will follow next. It will then contain additional downloadable examples and PCG-games.

A new version of Michael Franzen's emulator is available for download. The new version has corrected some coding for the PCG700 emulation. The emulator supports the MZ-800 PCG too.

A new version 0.401 of the EmuZ2000 is available. The source code is available for download.

A new emulator seems to be coming soon which will emulate the MZ-80CK/C/E/1200 ( Japanese only ).

The description of the PCG-AID utility is in work ( not finished ).

A new version of Michael Franzen's emulator is in progress and will be available for download soon. The new version has corrected some coding for the PCG700 emulation.

A new page added:
Using Disk Drives ( MZ-700 / MZ-800 )

A new page added: A Brief Overview of Counting in 'Nibbles' written by Richard Cornelius / UK.

MZ-700 "Hints and Tips" opened.

New pages are ready giving information about the PCG700:
Overview
Installation
Operating

The two last pages "Programming" and "PCG-AID" will follow next.

A new version of Michael Fanzen's emulator is available for download. The emulator supports now the PCG700 ( Programmable Character Generator ) !!

A new version of Zdenek Adler's emulator is available for download. What's new ? Please read the version description of the new version 0.091 on the emulator's page.

I start now to tell you anything I know about the PCG700 from HAL Laboratory. The first step will show you the installation of the PCG700 and pages for operation and programming will follow next. Further programming examples and utilities will be added soon and some PCG-games for download too.

A new version of Zdenek Adler's emulator is in progress for download from my site. It has a lot of new and very interesting features. Please wait, his new version will be available for download soon.

A new version of the MZ-700 / MZ-800 emulator written by Michal Medek / Czechoslovakia is available for download. All texts of the menus are translated to English now.

I have included the documentation for the PCG-700-BASIC in the downloadable ZIP-file.

A new version of the MZ-700 / MZ-800 emulator written by Michal Medek / Czechoslovakia is available for download. It supports floppy disk, Quick Disk, and the RAM-disk and it can emulate the MZ-700 and the MZ-800. FONT-files can be selected ( Japanese, own, etc. ).

A new version of the MZ-700 emulator written by Bernd Krueger-Knauber / Germany is available for download. The emulator has now a new Z80 core. The result is the emulator is now much more faster if executing BASIC programs and accessing disks is now 60 percent faster. The performance of your own programs is much more higher too if your programs use bank switching.

A new MZ-800 emulator is available for download. It is written by Michal Medek / Czechoslovakia.

A new version of the MZ-700 emulator written by Bernd Krueger-Knauber / Germany is available for download. It supports now the reading of original MZ-700 floppy disks by your floppy drive.

This site can be reached now only by
http://www.sharpmz.org !!
www.sharpmz.computingmuseum.com and
sharpmz.computingmuseum.com
are no longer available.

Please check and change if required your links and bookmarks.

I added the schematic diagram of the MZ-700 Power Supply.

I expanded the MZ-700 Hardware Service.

I added a new, funny article: Repairing Power Supply Units.

I have added new documents:
A Brief History of the MZ-80B
A Brief History of the MZ-80A
A Brief History of the MZ-700
A Brief History of the MZ-800
A Brief History of the PC-3201
A Brief History of the MZ-3500
A Brief History of the MZ-2000 and MZ-2200
A Brief History of the MZ-2500
A Brief History of the X1

I added a picture of an original German kit of the MZ-40K. Thanks to Andreas Johnen / Germany.

I made some changes for the overview of the MZ-series.

I have added two new documents:
A Brief History of Sharp Z80-Based MZ-Computers
A Brief History of the MZ-80K

Articles about the history of the MZ-80B, MZ-80A, MZ-700, MZ-800, PC-3201, MZ-3500, MZ-2000, MZ-2200, MZ-2500, and the X1 will follow next.

I have added some English adverts for the MZ-80B, MZ-80A, MZ-731, MZ-800, and the MZ-3541.

All documents for keyboard scanning are now ready.

Two new documents added for the sections MZ-700 and MZ-800:
Using an audio recorder
Installing the data recorder MZ-1T01 / MZ-1T04

I have added a new document: Inside the MZ-80K disc.

I have added pictures to the information about the Sharp Users Club UK.

I have added new documents. These give information about the keyboard scanning.

I made ready the work for the description of the subroutines of the MZ-80K monitor SP-1002.

I have added a new document for the MZ-80K section: Hints and Tips. ( How to's: Extra Memory, RESET switch, Head cleaning, Connecting a TV ).

I have added
Andrew Cornish's description of the implementation of CP/M to the MZ-80K

and I added the document:

CROSS HANDLING SHARP-CP/M DISKS ON OTHER MACHINES

I have added the description of the MZ-80K monitor commands.

I have added the description of the MZ-80K monitor work area.

I have corrected the downloadable ZIP-file of the MZ-80K monitor ROM.

I have added two new documents:
A SURVEY OF CP/M ON SHARP COMPUTERS and
CP/M System Files and Manuals
( Source: SUC / UK )

Technical data of the MZ-80K added.
Technical data of the MZ-80A added.
Technical data of the MZ-80B added.
Technical data of the MZ-3500 added.

More programs for download added in all sections.

ROMs for the MZ-80K added ( monitor SP-1002 and CG-ROM )

Several BASIC-versions for the MZ-80B are available for download now.

The schematic diagram of the MZ-40K is available.

The motherboard of the MZ-40K can be viewed ( JPG, 322 kb ).

The product index is expanded. This will be expanded time by time.

Adverts for the MZ-80K and for the MZ-80A added.

10/10/02 The download service is no longer available.

All pages are downloadable now again. To this use the icon at the bottom of each page. For further information see the help page.

My site is updated completely. The new design, which was a long time on my t-online server, is now active. Enjoy it. For a complete description of the updates read the first page.

If you want to report any errors please contact me. Comments and tips are welcome too.

Michael Franzen has added the profile commands FDOPEN, FDCLOSE, and FDNAME. The version number is now 0.73b.

Michael Franzen has added a floppy disk and its interface MZ-1E05 to his new emulator version 0.72e. Read about the new functions at his emulator page and download the new version.

Bernd Krueger-Knauber has added an automatic installation process to his emulator.

A new version of Zdenìk's MZ-800-emulator is available for download. The author has added useful disk tools to the emulator.

A new version of Zdenìk's MZ-800-emulator is available for download. It supports the QuickDisk drive MZ-1F11 and its interface now.

Michael Franzen made an update for his multi-system emulator. The update was done to expand the reset-function and relates to the QuickDisk only.

A new version of Michael Franzen's emulator is available for download. It supports the QuickDisk now.

A new version of Roman Dolejsi's emulator is available for download. It supports the QuickDisk now and much more changes are done.

A new version of Zdenìk's MZ-800-emulator is available for download.

( TOP SECRET ) New models for the series MZ-700 and MZ-800 are available ;-) View and enjoy the new models MZ701 - MZ712 and MZ801 - MZ812 now... ( and buy one ? ;-)

The emulator has very much features and is written by Roman Dolejsi / Czech Republic.

You can expand the MCE for your own favorite system !

Go to his emulator page now at my site.

Updates at this site are made daily, but it is too much work to update this news page daily. If my work is completed, you'll be informed here when all is ready. Please be patient. Today about 90 % is ready... Happy serving around! Most pages are changed and expanded by new information and pictures, and additional there are new pages added.

You can try to get the actual version of each page of my new site at http://www.sharpmz.org too by adding its name and prefixing it with the directory name. E.G. if you're looking at the page

http://home.t-online.de/home/khmweb-netz/mz-40/mztdata.htm

then you find the same page at

http://www.sharpmz.org/mz-40/mztdata.htm.

Use http://www.sharpmz.org/index.html to navigate through my site or use the search engine at my site http://www.sharpmz.org which enables you to find all pages ( the old and the new / actual pages ). To this enter a keyword you're searching for, then check the link list of the search engine. If you find out a link having a subdirectory of www.sharpmz.org, be sure, it is a new or changed page.

Please be patient until my work is done and then this test site will be deleted and you will find all pages from here including the new navigation at www.sharpmz.org.

With kindest regards
www.sharpmz.org

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