Sharp MZ

The tape was telling to load BASIC first so I guess they need it.

SIDE A - Programmer's Guide A complete teaching system for the BASIC programmer. All the functions of the MZ-700 computer shown in detail with advice on how to use them. Examples are given where useful and projects are set. Simple step-by-step instructions to help you create your own programmes. SID...

I happen to have this tape: there are two programs - HOME RECORDS - PROGRAMMERS's GUIDE I didn't test them yet. It was in a box containing 3 tapes: IMG_20191109_192819.jpg And I got it with with an unused MZ-711 in its box and an unused MZ-1T01 in its box as well one week ago and still untested as w...

Anyway, I agree something is still fishy with counter1. I will check it on my MZ-700 with Unicard. ^^

Emulator: I'm not expecting the emulator to run each instruction at an accurate 3.57 MHz frequency. An emulator tends to run a batch of instructions then pause to make the overall speed close to the simulated frequency. So you may not capture the counter value at the right time. Hardware: Was it a t...

I guess you wrap it with to delete any interrupt?

Well remind me on FB that I should try a code to count /BLNK events in a frame on my MZ-700 this weekend.

What does the real hardware give you?

https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.co ... 0-computer.

Ok, it seems to be an emulator "feature". https://www.sharpmz.no/articles/the-mz-series/mz-700/mz-700-the-character-generators-rom/ Some authors have mirrored the bit combination in each column of the characters. Are they Japanese? could be a trick to not publish the original font file as such...