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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
Sharp MZ 2800	Computers	Pocket	Japan	1987	Zilog Z80B	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread hardware emulators links related oc_id source MZ 2800 /media/museum/photos/sharp_mz2800_1.jpg /companies/sharp Sharp label value NAME MZ 2800 label value MANUFACTURER Sharp label value TYPE Pocket label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR ? 1987 label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard with function keys and numeric keypad. 105 keys. JIS standard label value CPU Zilog Z80B (6 Mhz) & Intel 80286 (8 Mhz) label value SPEED Optional 80287 label value RAM 768 KB (up to 6 MB) label value VRAM 512 KB + 14 KB (PCG) label value ROM 64 KB (IPL) + 256 KB (Kanji/chinese characters) + 256 KB (dictionary) label value TEXT MODES 40 X 25/20/12, 80 x 25/20/12 label value GRAPHIC MODES 320 x 200 / 640 X 200 / 640 x 400 label value COLORS 65536 (number of displayable colors simultaneously changes according the VRAM size). With 128 KB : 320 x 200 = 256 or 16, 640 x 200 = 16 and 640 x 400 = 4 label value SOUND FM & PSG, 3 channels, 8 octaves label value SIZE / WEIGHT Main unit: 350 x 345 x 130 mm / 8.1 Kg\ Keyboard: 410 x 196 x 38 mm / 1.5 Kg label value I/O PORTS 5 expansion bus (two for 2800 mode and three for 2500/2800 mode), Centronics, 2 x joystick ports, RS-232, Mouse, Tape, Sound input/output label value BUILT IN MEDIA two 3.5'' disk-drives label value OS CP/M label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU, AC100V 50/60Hz, 50W hardware emulators links 414 title subtitle text image FRENCH FDD UNIT 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. /media/museum/hardware/sharp_mz80b_frenchfdd_s1.jpg title subtitle text image MZ 80P3 - DOT MATRIX PRINTER /media/museum/hardware/sharp_mz80k_printer.jpg title subtitle text image MZ-P4 PRINTER /media/museum/hardware/sharp_printer_80b.jpg title subtitle text image MZ-P6 PRINTER /media/museum/hardware/sharp_mz80_gp6.jpg title url platform text EMUZ-2000 http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~object/ Windows SHARP MZ-80B / 2000 / 2200 emulator for Windows title url text Sharp Games http://sharpgames.atspace.com Some homebrew games in develoment for the MZ title url text The Sharp Users Club http://sharpusersclub.org Very useful web site done by the UK Sharp Users Club title url text www.sharpmz.org http://www.sharpmz.org THE website for all MZ fans !! /museum/sharp-mz-2000 /museum/sharp-mz-2200 /museum/sharp-mz-2500 /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 417 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230608075125/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=417 2023-06-08

Successor and enhanced version of the MZ 2500. It is based on 80286 CPU but is also equiped with a Z80B to keep comptability with the MZ 2500.

It has almost the same characteristics but has a HDD port and MIDI input/output ports. The ROM is big: 64 KB for IPL, 256 KB full of 2965 JIS 1st level chinese characters + 3388 JIS 2nd level chinese characters + 535 non chinese characters, and even a 256 KB dictionary!

The specifications listed below are those of the MZ-2861, it may differ from the original 2800...

More info needed!