Sharp MZ

    Hello again, from a USA MZ-700 owner! Back at working on my 700 again and hoping to design some hardware that will attach. Please take a look at the screenshot below:       FD_Access.JPG This screenshot was taken from this URL(scroll to the extreme bottom of the web page. Easy to locate): https:...

Well in that case, to change the clock speed to support NTSC, sounds like I'd be shaving off ~3.6Mhz of CPU processing speed too, right? I suspect that snipping JP1 informs the timers (including video output timer) how to behave so that games play at the right speed, audio is generated at the right ...

Thanks for all the info. I'm going to give the converter from Amazon a go just because it seems easiest and solder the clipped jumper back together. Maybe I'll be satisfied with that. If not, I'll try to change the clock as you've described. Is this the main processor's clock too, or just something ...

I'm also looking at this:

https://www.amazon.com/CIMPLE-CO-Conver ... 384&sr=8-5

For the money, maybe it'll do the job just fine. Hopefully, without much signal loss.

Hi guys, I am working on the MZ-700 again that I got from eBay a few months ago. I recently discovered that the video output signal is PAL and the Commodore 1702 monitor I am working with is NTSC. I hope to convert the MZ-700 to be NTSC. There is a jumper that someone on a C64 Commodore forum pointe...

Here's a useful link for you:

https://www.sharpmz.no/articles/the-mz- ... onnectors/

The RGB DIN connector is about halfway down the page.

John

Pacman, Thanks for sharing your link. I think (and hope) your connector is the same connector for all intents and purposes, aside from the fact that the one I found has right angle pins. The 'B' dimension for both connectors has almost negligible difference. If that connector has previously worked f...

Thanks for looking into that for me, hlide. These connectors are cheap enough, I think I'll go ahead and purchase a couple. If it's wrong, it's not going to drain my bank account to try.

Thanks again!
John

I've attached a couple of images. This is the connector I BELIEVE should work. If anyone can confirm dimension 'B' in photo 1 for the 50 contact version of this connector, that would probably be enough for me to place an order for a couple of these. Should be just over 6.5 CM if I've found the right...