Successor and enhanced version of the MZ 2500. It is based on 80286 CPU but is also equiped with a Z80B to keep comptability with the MZ 2500.
It has almost the same characteristics but has a HDD port and MIDI input/output ports. The ROM is big: 64 KB for IPL, 256 KB full of 2965 JIS 1st level chinese characters + 3388 JIS 2nd level chinese characters + 535 non chinese characters, and even a 256 KB dictionary!
The specifications listed below are those of the MZ-2861, it may differ from the original 2800...
More info needed!
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Pocket?!
Sunday 21st August 2011
Mike
NAME
MZ 2800
MANUFACTURER
Sharp
TYPE
Pocket
ORIGIN
Japan
YEAR
? 1987
KEYBOARD
Full-stroke keyboard with function keys and numeric keypad. 105 keys. JIS standard
65536 (number of displayable colors simultaneously changes according the VRAM size). With 128 KB : 320 x 200 = 256 or 16, 640 x 200 = 16 and 640 x 400 = 4
SOUND
FM & PSG, 3 channels, 8 octaves
SIZE / WEIGHT
Main unit: 350 x 345 x 130 mm / 8.1 Kg Keyboard: 410 x 196 x 38 mm / 1.5 Kg
I/O PORTS
5 expansion bus (two for 2800 mode and three for 2500/2800 mode), Centronics, 2 x joystick ports, RS-232, Mouse, Tape, Sound input/output
