--- title: Sharp MZ 2000 categories: - Computers types: - Professional Computer origins: - Japan years: - '1982' cpus: - Zilog Z80 A params: name: MZ 2000 company: /companies/sharp company_name: Sharp specs: - label: NAME value: MZ 2000 - label: MANUFACTURER value: Sharp - label: TYPE value: Professional Computer - label: ORIGIN value: Japan - label: YEAR value: '1982' - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE value: Unknown - label: KEYBOARD value: Full-stroke keyboard with numeric keypad - label: CPU value: Zilog Z80 A - label: SPEED value: 4 MHz - label: RAM value: 64 KB - label: VRAM value: 'Optional: 48 KB' - label: ROM value: 2 KB - label: TEXT MODES value: 40 X 25 / 80 x 25 - label: GRAPHIC MODES value: 320 x 200 / 640 X 200 - label: COLORS value: '8' - label: SOUND value: one channel - label: I/O PORTS value: Expansion bus, RS-232 - label: BUILT IN MEDIA value: Tape recorder - label: OS value: Unknown - label: POWER SUPPLY value: Built-in Power Supply Unit - label: PRICE value: 248,000 yen (Japan, 1982) tabs: - photos - hardware - software - emulators - links photos: - title: MZ-2000 subtitle: '' text: '' image: null - title: REAR subtitle: '' text: '' image: null hardware: - title: FRENCH FDD UNIT subtitle: '' text: Instead of selling the original Sharp FDD unit, the Sharp French subsidiary (Sharp Burotype Machines) preferred to made their own unit. The case could hold up to 4 drives. The drives were Canon models. image: null - title: MZ 80P3 - DOT MATRIX PRINTER subtitle: '' text: '' image: null - title: MZ-P4 PRINTER subtitle: '' text: '' image: null - title: MZ-P6 PRINTER subtitle: '' text: '' image: null screenshots: - title: AMA TENNIS subtitle: '' text: '' image: null - title: BIG ESCAPE subtitle: '' text: '' image: null - title: BUGFIRE subtitle: '' text: '' image: null - title: HIROTON WARS subtitle: Title screen text: '' image: null - title: HIROTON WARS subtitle: Screenshot text: '' image: null - title: JELDA 2 subtitle: '' text: '' image: null - title: MISSILE DEFENDER subtitle: '' text: '' image: null - title: CHACK'N'POP subtitle: '' text: '' image: null - title: SPACE BEE subtitle: '' text: '' image: null - title: ULTRA SEVEN BRIDGE subtitle: '' text: '' image: null - title: VICTORIOUS NINE subtitle: '' text: '' image: null - title: WILD WESTERN subtitle: '' text: '' image: null emulators: - title: EMUZ-2000 url: http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~object/ platform: Windows text: SHARP MZ-80B / 2000 / 2200 emulator for Windows links: - title: Sharp Games url: http://sharpgames.atspace.com text: Some homebrew games in develoment for the MZ - title: The Sharp Users Club url: http://sharpusersclub.org text: Very useful web site done by the UK Sharp Users Club - title: www.sharpmz.org url: http://www.sharpmz.org text: THE website for all MZ fans !! comments: - author: renales date: Monday 23rd March 2015 text: i can offer this PC - 200 USD. related: - /museum/sharp-mz-2200 - /museum/sharp-mz-2500 - /museum/sharp-mz-2800 - /museum/sharp-mz-3500 - /museum/sharp-mz-5500-5600 - /museum/sharp-mz-700 - /museum/sharp-mz-800-mz-1500 - /museum/sharp-mz-80a-mz-1200 - /museum/sharp-mz-80b - /museum/sharp-mz-80c - /museum/sharp-mz-80k oc_id: 415 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230608145438/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=415 date: '2023-06-08' --- Another strange MZ family member. At the moment, we have no information about it. It seems to be a "super [MZ 80B](/museum/sharp-mz-80b/)" (that’s what the badge says, anyway), but we are not sure it was compatible with it. To our knowledge, the MZ-2000 was never regularly exported outside Japan. A "16 Bit Bord Kit" was sold in April 1983 to expand the 8-bit computer to a 16-bit system. Price: $327. **Junichi Katagiri** from Japan adds:\ Interesting about this model was that when it powered up, the user would have to wait some time for BASIC to load from a cassette tape into RAM. (I don't recall the version number) Loading was an automated process, which took 1 to 2 minutes. If there wasn't correct install tape in the cassette deck when it is powered on, the cassette player would open up asking for proper install tape.\ This was one of MZ-2000's unique features. (Personally I thought this action was robotic and cool, extremely advanced in technology at the time in my mind. Just to see the computer "ask" me to put the tape into the player, I used to keep the tape out on purpose every time I switched it on. My friends seemed to be impressed at the sight) And the power switch was in the back of the unit, which I think was typical of personal computers then. Of course, computers did not have internal hard disc drives back then, so whenever power is turned off the computer would lose all its data in memory. Anything which wasn't recorded into tape is gone at that point.\ I used to spend alot of time playing with music command in BASIC. MZ-2000 was capable of playing back maximum of three sound parts simultaneously. (nothing more than plain old "beep" sound with pitch variations.) There were, I think, three octaves of chromatic notes, which could be accessed by codes like "C1D1E2+C2..." Compared to today's sound editors the method was very clumsy for musicians to make use. I remember it challenged my patience quite a bit. :)\ (Editor's note: This comment also apply to the Sharp [MZ-80B](/museum/sharp-mz-80b/))
We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.