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---
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
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).