Post by Carl on Jul 15, 2014 14:13:43 GMT
1978 Japan.
Quite useless but MEGA cool looking!
The first MZ in the Sharp MZ-series ( called as "Micro Computer Doctor" and in Japan first sold in May 1978 ). It is a toy, no more. You cannot program it in machine code, Basic, or other known programming languages. You can only program melodies by note data which will be played at once or by some selectable events. Or you program the 4-digit-display for clock-functions or counter-functions. But such programs cannot be saved. If the power is off you have to re-intype each program - the note data are lost. Nobody can use it to learn the principles of programming logic.
The MZ-40K was sold as a kit. There were two options available: a musical keyboard and some electronic parts to start your program by events.
more here...
www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=556
Quite useless but MEGA cool looking!
The first MZ in the Sharp MZ-series ( called as "Micro Computer Doctor" and in Japan first sold in May 1978 ). It is a toy, no more. You cannot program it in machine code, Basic, or other known programming languages. You can only program melodies by note data which will be played at once or by some selectable events. Or you program the 4-digit-display for clock-functions or counter-functions. But such programs cannot be saved. If the power is off you have to re-intype each program - the note data are lost. Nobody can use it to learn the principles of programming logic.
The MZ-40K was sold as a kit. There were two options available: a musical keyboard and some electronic parts to start your program by events.
more here...
www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=556