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by Gortho
Thu Apr 09, 2020 8:47 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: MZ700 video problem
Replies: 25
Views: 19728

Re: MZ700 video problem

It's quite a challenge to find the culprit remotely ;) AndyR: Do you, by any chance, have logic analyzer/oscilloscope/something that could show you signals on some of those chips? Could help lots :) Anyway. Do you have anything else you can plug CPU to to verify it's working? It does not seem to be ...
by Gortho
Wed Apr 08, 2020 7:12 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: MZ700 video problem
Replies: 25
Views: 19728

Re: MZ700 video problem

No, when you remove the ROM it doesn't end with that kind of multicolored checkboard : I never saw that on a working MZ-700. It is not an issue with ROM. If you remove CPU, I also believe you won't get that. So if you have that issue with no ROM or CPU, there is definitely another issue elsewhere. ...
by Gortho
Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:44 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: MZ700 video problem
Replies: 25
Views: 19728

Re: MZ700 video problem

Does it react to any input? key presses? Or it's completely dead?
by Gortho
Sat Dec 07, 2019 3:08 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Is it real game ?
Replies: 4
Views: 7333

Re: Is it real game ?

That's how the game looks in reality:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BpV8cw2DC0

Looks much closer to abilities of real life MZ-700 :)
Not sure if stuttering is because of emulator of it is doing it on real hardware though.
by Gortho
Wed Nov 27, 2019 1:45 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Sharptris - new game for MZ700
Replies: 7
Views: 10749

Re: Sharptris - new game for MZ700

Jo Even wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 5:16 pm I consider selling some copies on tape to finance this year's domain and server rent for sharpmz.org. Is there any interest in such a thing?
Probably depends on price. Lets say you have at least one interested person ;)
by Gortho
Fri Apr 26, 2019 4:15 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Mz700 repair project
Replies: 53
Views: 56538

Re: Mz700 repair project

Maybe somebody will be interested in a spare parts donor. there is one quite cheap on ebay. (at least still.)
https://www.ebay.pl/itm/Sharp-mz700-64k ... SwvaBcwDdw
Postage might be quite steep, but maybe it's worth looking at.
by Gortho
Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:29 am
Forum: Other
Topic: scav.cz website
Replies: 1
Views: 4913

Re: scav.cz website

Hmm... not much, but :

Copyright © 05/2006 - Brázda Pavel - Scav - webmaster(c)scav.cz :)

Martin8bity might know a bit more.
by Gortho
Fri Dec 07, 2018 3:27 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: MZ-700: is there an easy way to get a modern video output?
Replies: 17
Views: 22560

Re: MZ-700: is there an easy way to get a modern video output?

Another option would be probably standing in line for unicard from Martin. ( https://forum.sharpmz.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=160 ) Though it might not be 'easy' or at least in any forseeable future, as it depends on many variables ;) Edit: Ahh, you askes about mz700 then unicard might be a tiny bi...
by Gortho
Fri Nov 30, 2018 2:37 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Unicard - is it possible to get it?
Replies: 53
Views: 64965

Re: Unicard - is it possible to get it?

hlide wrote: Fri Nov 30, 2018 9:10 am
KnaxMax wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 1:43 pm The source code is here:
https://sourceforge.net/p/unicardmk3/co ... nk/FW/src/
If I'm not wrong, this is not the last source.
Yeah. I think Martin said a while ago that they are working on updated version, which is not public (yet).
by Gortho
Thu Nov 15, 2018 8:14 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Sharpmz,org site
Replies: 5
Views: 8411

Re: Sharpmz,org site

So if admins are reading this... I am willing to help.