---
title: Sharp MZ 80C
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Home Computer
origins:
- Japan
years:
- '1979'
cpus:
- Zilog Z80 A
params:
  name: MZ 80C
  image: /media/museum/photos/sharp_mz80c.jpg
  company: /companies/sharp
  company_name: Sharp
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: MZ 80C
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Sharp
  - label: TYPE
    value: Home Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Japan
  - label: YEAR
    value: october 1979
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: 78 plastic keys
  - label: CPU
    value: Zilog Z80 A
  - label: SPEED
    value: 4 MHz
  - label: RAM
    value: 48 KB
  - label: ROM
    value: 4 KB
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 40 x 25
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: 80 x 50
  - label: COLORS
    value: 10'' built-in monochrome monitor
  - label: SOUND
    value: one channel, built-in speaker
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: 410 (W) × 470 (D) × 270 (H) / 13 kg
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: Expansion bus
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: Tape recorder (1200 baud)
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: Built-in PSU
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: Floppy disk drives (MZ-80FD), printer, color & graphical addon
  - label: PRICE
    value: 268,000 yens (Japan, 1979)
  tabs:
  - adverts
  - hardware
  - emulators
  - links
  forum_thread: 415
  adverts:
  - title: JAPANESE LEAFLET
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to [Pugly](http://www.pugly.juice.or.jp/pugly/) for this picture
    image: /media/museum/pubs/sharp_mz80c_leaflet.jpg
  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: /media/museum/hardware/sharp_mz80b_frenchfdd_s1.jpg
  - title: MZ 80P3 - DOT MATRIX PRINTER
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/sharp_mz80k_printer.jpg
  - title: MZ-P4 PRINTER
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/sharp_printer_80b.jpg
  - title: MZ-P6 PRINTER
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/sharp_mz80_gp6.jpg
  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 !!
  related:
  - /museum/sharp-mz-2000
  - /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-80k
  oc_id: 418
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230605031457/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=418
    date: '2023-06-05'
---

The MZ-80c is based on the [MZ-80K](/museum/sharp-mz-80k/), but offers some enhancements to match the professional market of that time. The price was improved too ;-) It was the first MZ-80 computer to be delivered assembled as opposed to first MZ-80k which were sold as kits.

The RAM size is now of 48 KB. The keyboard which was so strange on the MZ-80K because of its matrix organisation, has now a more common layout with a large spacebar key. The numeric keypad is separated.

Another major change is that the monochrome monitor now displays black & green instead of black & white. Useful addons were available such as a disk-drive, a printer and a color & graphic expansion unit (PCG).