website/content/museum/sharp-mz-2500.md

---
title: Sharp MZ 2500
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Professional Computer
origins:
- Japan
years:
- '1985'
cpus:
- Zilog Z80 B
params:
  name: MZ 2500
  company: /companies/sharp
  company_name: Sharp
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: MZ 2500
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Sharp
  - label: TYPE
    value: Professional Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Japan
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1985'
  - label: END OF PRODUCTION
    value: Unknown
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: Unknown
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Full-stroke keyboard with function keys and numeric keypad
  - label: CPU
    value: Zilog Z80 B
  - label: SPEED
    value: 6 MHz
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: Unknown
  - label: RAM
    value: 128 KB (up to 256 KB)
  - label: VRAM
    value: 64 KB (up to 128 KB)64 KB (up to 128 KB)
  - label: ROM
    value: 32 KB (up to 256 KB)
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 40 X 25 - 20 - 12 / 80 x 25 - 20 - 12
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: 320 x 200 / 640 X 200 / 640 x 400
  - label: COLORS
    value: '256 (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: SOUND
    value: 3 channels (?)
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: Unknown
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: Expansion bus, RS-232, Tape
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: 3.5'' disk-drive
  - label: OS
    value: P-CP/M
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: Built-in PSU
  - label: PRICE
    value: Unknown
  tabs:
  - photos
  - hardware
  - emulators
  - links
  - videos
  photos:
  - title: CENTRAL UNIT
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: THE BACKSIDE OF THE MZ 2500
    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
  emulators:
  - title: EMUZ-2000
    url: http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~object/
    platform: Windows
    text: SHARP MZ-80B / 2000 / 2200 emulator for Windows
  - title: EmuZ-2500
    url: http://www1.interq.or.jp/~t-takeda/mz2500/
    platform: Windows
    text: SHARP MZ-2500 emulator for Win32
  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 !!
  videos:
  - title: Sharp MZ-2500 japanese commercial
    url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGGbbl0QHVo
    text: 'Length: 15 s'
  comments:
  - author: Inverse Phase (East Coast US)
    date: Thursday 29th May 2014
    text: |-
      Hi there, I noticed the sound for the MZ-2500 is incomplete.

      The MZ-2500 contains a YM2203 (OPN) which offers 3 each of PSG and FM channels.

      Hope this helps!
  related:
  - /museum/sharp-mz-2000
  - /museum/sharp-mz-2200
  - /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: 416
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230605031302/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=416
    date: '2023-06-05'
---

The successor of the MZ 2200. The characteristics, especially the graphic characteristics, are impressive, it is one of the most powerful of the MZ computer series.

It takes from 2 to 8 seconds to define P.C.G (user generated characters, similar to sprites) with the Sharp X1 serie, while it takes only 0.5 seconds with the MZ-2500.

It has features in common with the [X1](/museum/sharp-x1-cz-800c/) series and will be replaced with these computers.

<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>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.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>