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The character RAM 
( of the MZ-700 )  

The character RAM of the MZ-700


V-RAM, 2KB RAM ( Character RAM part of the V-RAM, address range from $D000 to $D7FF ).

It contains all characters of the display lines 0 - 24 if scrolling isn't supported by the system program ( e.g. monitor program ) otherwise, if scrolling is supported ( e.g. S-BASIC ) it contains the lines 0 - 49, each line has 40 characters.

The display code of each character stored in the character ROM differs from the MZ-700 ASCII-code ( SHARP ASCII code ).

2 Kbit x 8 static RAM ( SRAM ) TMM2016P-1 or TMM2016AP-10
Circuit diagram and motherboard mark: BA
MZ-700 SHARP Service Manual info:

NO. PARTS CODE PRICE
RANK
NEW
MARK
PART
RANK
DESCRIPTION
24 VHiTMM2016P-1 AX   B IC

Download data sheet DALLAS Semiconductor DS2016 for the 2K x 8 static RAM ( PDF, 95 Kb )

View and download the european display and SHARP ASCII code tables.

View and download the japanese display and SHARP ASCII code tables.

View and download details about the character RAM.

Please send me the datasheets of the TMM2016P-1 and TMM2016AP-10 if you have these, thanks.

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last updated August 4, 2002
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