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by slaanesh
Tue Feb 15, 2022 6:21 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Please help me identify this Sharp MZ hardware
Replies: 3
Views: 2660

Re: Please help me identify this Sharp MZ hardware

Thanks for the info!

Look at that WD2000 - it reminds me of the early Macintosh computers!
by slaanesh
Mon Feb 14, 2022 11:09 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Please help me identify this Sharp MZ hardware
Replies: 3
Views: 2660

Please help me identify this Sharp MZ hardware

Can anyone tell me what this board for Sharp MZ-???? does?

Also which computer would it be used for?

Please see the photos. Many thanks!
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by slaanesh
Sun Feb 13, 2022 11:16 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [GUIDE] How do I get my .wav files onto my MZ?
Replies: 29
Views: 23308

Re: [GUIDE] How do I get my .wav files onto my MZ?

How can you tell if the binary ends "to $CFFF"? ie. as an example only here is the output from converting "sideroll-f-" (great game!) >mz0c.exe sideroll-f-.m12 sideroll-f.mz7 [Old file] size: 44544 (ae00), load: 1200, exec: 1200 [New file] size: 18410 (47ea), load: 7886, exec: 78...
by slaanesh
Sun Feb 13, 2022 10:13 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [GUIDE] How do I get my .wav files onto my MZ?
Replies: 29
Views: 23308

Re: [GUIDE] How do I get my .wav files onto my MZ?

I'm referring to the size of the .WAV files afterwards so it's in MB. :)
There was one that didn't work: "scramble/a" but everything else I've tried has been fine.
by slaanesh
Sun Feb 13, 2022 6:30 am
Forum: BASIC
Topic: HU-BASIC Commands
Replies: 4
Views: 4137

Re: HU-BASIC Commands

I did a quick benchmark test with Hudson Basic and it seems decently fast compared to other basics on other 8-bit machines. Even again s-basic. However after some playing around, I found that the usual s-basic <shift>+<break> didn't break me out of looping or running programs. I tried many keys and ...
by slaanesh
Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:10 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [GUIDE] How do I get my .wav files onto my MZ?
Replies: 29
Views: 23308

Re: [GUIDE] How do I get my .wav files onto my MZ?

Oh! mz0 :) I'll check it out! :) I see I have to compile it myself but I think it's worth it if it achieves a good compression rate. EDIT: Yep so I compiled a version for Windows and yep, it does what it says. ie. S-BASIC.wav went down from 7.7MB to 5.5MB... seems worth the while! mz0.exe s-basic.mz...
by slaanesh
Thu Feb 10, 2022 6:17 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [GUIDE] How do I get my .wav files onto my MZ?
Replies: 29
Views: 23308

Re: [GUIDE] How do I get my .wav files onto my MZ?

Also as for using MZF2WAV I would highly recommend just using these options (using "s-basic.mzf" as an example): mzf2wav.exe -b 44100 s-basic.mzf s-basic.wav Don't bother with "-c", it writes the data twice (sharp tape standard). As a result the WAV is almost twice as long. You d...
by slaanesh
Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:46 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [GUIDE] How do I get my .wav files onto my MZ?
Replies: 29
Views: 23308

Re: [GUIDE] How do I get my .wav files onto my MZ?

Thanks for your help and I hope all this info helps someone else in a similar position. Just curious - what would MZ-711 users do to use external tape drives? By default they have no built-in cassette unit, so I'm thinking there *must* be a dongle of some sort over the tape connector by default? Sim...
by slaanesh
Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:19 pm
Forum: Collecting
Topic: Not so shiny new MZ
Replies: 26
Views: 42477

Re: Not so shiny new MZ

I have only recently acquired a Sharp MZ700 and mine is actually in very nice condition no yellowing. I have retrobrited many items with just peroxide and sun - however my advantage is that I live in Australia! Plenty of UV light! Working from home, I can reapply a fresh coat every 30 mins and rotat...
by slaanesh
Mon Feb 07, 2022 5:23 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [GUIDE] How do I get my .wav files onto my MZ?
Replies: 29
Views: 23308

Re: [GUIDE] How do I get my .wav files onto my MZ?

Well reporting back as I couldn't wait to try this.... it works! The missing bit was connect SENSE -> GND. So to read a WAV from the external read connector: PIN 2 (Ext Read) -> PIN 8 (Read) PIN 5 (Sense) -> PIN 9 (Ground) If you want to record as well: PIN 1 (Ext Write) -> PIN 7 (Write). I didn't n...