MZ-800 series

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Technical data of the MZ-800-series 
Central unit, specification  
Item
 
Std/
Opt
     
CPU     Z-80A    
Clock       3.5469 MHz  
MEMORY ROM   MONITOR
/CG
  MZ-700 4 KB
MZ-800 8 KB
16 KB CG 4 KB
RAM   SYSTEM 64 KB  
VRAM 16 KB
OP VRAM 16 KB MZ-1R25
DISPLAY I/F   Color RF, VIDEO, RGB 16 colors handling internal encoder
Display method     Bit map method  
PCG method MZ-700 mode only
Screen structure   Resolution Frames Display color
320 x 200 1 4 colors
640 x 200 1 1 color
OP 320 x 200 1 or (2) 16 or (4) colors
OP 640 x 200 1 or (2) 4 or (1) colors
Color assignment     Choice out of 16 colors  
Screen and character structures   Screen 80/40 characters Software generated font
Character 8 x 8  
Screen control   Scroll Character-scroll  
Pallet 4 colors chosen out of 16 colors
Border color Choice of 16 colors
Internal I/O interface Sound generation   6-octave, 3-chord Internal speaker SN76489 compatible
Centronics interface (Interface) 1 CH Can be switched to MZ interface
Plot printer OP   MZ interface  
Video output   RF, VIDEO (Analog RGB with the MZ-820F)   Color encoder (PAL) The I terminal to add for the RGB terminal
Joystick (Interface) 2 CH ATARI compatible (joystick dedicated)
Cassette tape recorder (Interface) READ/WRITE  
Expansion slot   1 card MZ-80B compatible
External I/O MFD OP   Two-sided, double density MZ-1F02, MZ-1E05
RS-232C OP   MZ-8BiO3
Joystick OP ATARI compatible
MZ-DISK OP MZ-1E19, MZ-1F11
CRT Color OP RGBI 16-color CRT MZ-1D19 compatible
B/W OP Video   MZ-1D04 compatible
Printer 80-column OP   Dot matrix printer MZ-80P5R
80-column OP Plot printer MZ-1P16
External control switch Mode select   MZ-700 or
MZ-800
  Status $CE(D1)
Printer interface specification MZ or Centronics  


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last updated August 3, 2002
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