All the downloadable files are ZIP-files and they contain MZF- or DSK-formatted files. Additional TXT-, ASM-, and LST-files may be included. The file size shown includes the header size of 128 bytes for MZF-formatted files. That means, the memory size used in the MZ will be the file size reduced by the header size.

Machine code has always had the reputation of being abstruse, difficult and prone to error.

It is certainly more difficult than BASIC but, providing you use an assembler, disassembler, and a monitor, not greatly so. If you intend to master machine code, an assembler, a disassembler, a debugger, and a monitor program are a necessity. A good help is the debugger-function of an MZ-emulator for Windows.

If you try and muddle along with POKE codes there is a real danger that you will become frustrated and give up. Failure, in this case, would be due to the problems involved with entering and debugging, rather than difficulties intrinsic to the code.

Download and test the following debuggers, assemblers, disassemblers, and monitor programs, then use the best for your purpose.

Machine Language SP-2001. No documentation is available.

Machine Language SP-2005. No documentation is available.

Assembler SP-2101. No documentation is available.

Text Editor SP-2201. No documentation is available.

Text Editor SP-2202. No documentation is available.

Relocatable Loader SP-2301. No documentation is available.

Symbolic Debugger SP-2401. No documentation is available.

Machine Language SP-3001 written by AXB. No documentation is available.

The SP-8002 is fortunately a tiny, but very helpful debugging tool which contains a disassembler and it has much debugging features like breakpoint setting, LOAD / SAVE programs, and expanded monitor functions like FIND, transferring memory blocks, displaying the memory ( HEX / ASCII ) and much more. BBG has distributed it for the MZ-700 / 800 / ( 1500 ). The documentation is included in the downloadable ZIP-file.

BESY is a useful disassembler with many and various functions. It was written in 1981 by Juergen Peters / Germany. There exist a lot of modified versions for the MZ-80A, MZ-700, MZ-800, and also for CP/M. The versions P3.6 and P3.7 can also be used for the MZ-700 / 800. Documentation follows later. The ZIP-file contains the versions P3.6, P3.7 (last version), version 1.1a for CP/M ( BESY.COM ) and the German documentation ( BESY.DOC ).

AVALON ZEN is an Editor, Assembler, and Object Debugger written by John Hawthorne / UK in 1980 with new parts from Andrew Henson / Apollo Software / 1983.This version of ZEN was sold by MULTISOFT / Kersten & Partner / Germany under license from Kuma Computers LtD. GB. It can also be used for the MZ-80K and the MZ-800.

German documentation and the source code are included ( PDF, 64 pages, A5 ).
Download the English documentation ( PDF, 551 kb, 17 pages )

I have no documentation for this assembler ( version 2 ).