The Mysterious Sharp MZ-100

[lenegade]

Ok after telling myself I wouldn't buy any more computer I found this Sharp mz100 at the Sally Anne. But I don't know much about it.

I gathered this much upon inspection:
It has 2 760k 3 1/2 floppies
Has 640k memory
firmware date is 1989
It can run up to Dos 6.22
IT looks really SHARP ;)
Has a blue/white LCD that's really dim, even with backlight cranked

I can't find too much on the net about it, other than replacement batteries.

Oh and it's in the luggable portable section because it has a handle on the bottom.
If anyone can help me find some info on it that would be awesome, especially manuals and prephrial info.

Thanks
Len

[lenegade]

I am guessing there were only 2 ever made and the F.B.I wiped all knowledge of it from the records.

[barythrin]

I'm sure you've seen these links already but driverguide does seem to have a driver set for it: http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=72383 .. not sure if it would by chance have a manual in that extractable exe or not.

The only other link of interest (besides fleabay) is http://argentina64kb.c-64.org/base%20web%20compus/SHARP/SHARP%20MZ100.htm but that just has the information on CPU/RAM which you already know but it does have a nice picture for the rest of the group to see.

[lenegade]

I'm sure you've seen these links already but driverguide does seem to have a driver set for it: http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=72383 .. not sure if it would by chance have a manual in that extractable exe or not.

The only other link of interest (besides fleabay) is http://argentina64kb.c-64.org/base%20web%20compus/SHARP/SHARP%20MZ100.htm but that just has the information on CPU/RAM which you already know but it does have a nice picture for the rest of the group to see.

Ya I grabbed that file right off the bat, but it was just a boot disk with Dos 3.2 on it. The second link I thank you for because that is more info than I could find. The cpu I had no Idea what it was and a look inside (which is unbelievably clean) was not very helpful, even after googling the IC's.

My Camera is out on loan, so when I get it back I'll snap some pics of it. One cool feature is a SETUP button that goes straight to the BIOS, no matter what you are doing at the time. It has 2 speeds BTW; normal and slower. Made me chuckle.