a short self-introduction
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:38 am
Hello to all users of this forum!
i am a newby in sharp computers, just bought a MZ80K Machine here in germany. So first: please excuse my bad english!
As i am electronics engineer and (probably one of the last ones) working on Z80 embedded controls even right now (end of lifetime support..), so hopefully i can get this machine working again.
Being 53years old now, i started with micros back in early 1983 when i bought a slightly used VIC-20 in some -at that time- famous radio shop
of my home-town Munich named Rim electronic.
This shop is gone now for over 30 years, but still is remembered by a lot of people in germany or even (western)-europe for developing and selling high-end analog electronics as kits and also prebuilt units.
At the time of writing this my biggest problem regarding the MZ80K is how to get it running with basic, as i did not receive any cassettes with software with it (but original packing!) So hopefully there are some digital audio files here to be able to make a matching cassette or to use some PCs soundcard directly as input.
I already digged into the download section, but there are so many files labeled "basic" even only for the MZ80K, so i would appreciate any detailed help!
For longer term i would like to get it running cp/m, so any hint on the schematics of the disc controller unit (expansion?) would also be very appreciated. I would then layout an disc controller to be able to connect one of my 5.25" shugart interfaced floppy drives to this machine.
I do not think that there is a real chance on buying such disc-controller separately, or is there maybe already some homebrewed "modern" version of it?
Any hints are welcome,
have a nice day!
Robert
i am a newby in sharp computers, just bought a MZ80K Machine here in germany. So first: please excuse my bad english!
As i am electronics engineer and (probably one of the last ones) working on Z80 embedded controls even right now (end of lifetime support..), so hopefully i can get this machine working again.
Being 53years old now, i started with micros back in early 1983 when i bought a slightly used VIC-20 in some -at that time- famous radio shop
of my home-town Munich named Rim electronic.
This shop is gone now for over 30 years, but still is remembered by a lot of people in germany or even (western)-europe for developing and selling high-end analog electronics as kits and also prebuilt units.
At the time of writing this my biggest problem regarding the MZ80K is how to get it running with basic, as i did not receive any cassettes with software with it (but original packing!) So hopefully there are some digital audio files here to be able to make a matching cassette or to use some PCs soundcard directly as input.
I already digged into the download section, but there are so many files labeled "basic" even only for the MZ80K, so i would appreciate any detailed help!
For longer term i would like to get it running cp/m, so any hint on the schematics of the disc controller unit (expansion?) would also be very appreciated. I would then layout an disc controller to be able to connect one of my 5.25" shugart interfaced floppy drives to this machine.
I do not think that there is a real chance on buying such disc-controller separately, or is there maybe already some homebrewed "modern" version of it?
Any hints are welcome,
have a nice day!
Robert