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Technical data of the MZ-3500-series 
Specifications  
Specification of the main unit ( Model MZ-35XX )

Outline

  1. High speed processing using multi-CPU
  2. Built in mini floppy disk 320KB
  3. Built in printer interface and RS232C serial interface ( EIA )
  4. Connection of up to two video display units ( separate graphic display or overlaid display possible on two individual color monitor units )
  5. Permits the use of standard CP/M
Model MZ-3530 includes a single double-side, double density mini floppy disk and 64 KB RAM.
Model MZ-3540 has two double-side, double density mini floppy disks and 64 KB RAM.
Model MZ-3531 includes a single double-side, double density mini floppy disk and 128 KB RAM.
Model MZ-3541 has two double-side, double density mini floppy disks and 128 KB RAM ( expandable up to 256KB ).
  LSI CPU Multi-CPU processing Z80A microprocessor x 2
Control the OS, MFD, IOCS, printer, RS-232C, monitor
Clock 4 MHz
Memory ROM IPL 8K Byte ROM
C, G 8K Byte ROM
RAM For main CPU 64K Bit DRAM x 16 chips or 8 chips
For sub-CPU 16K Bit SRAM x 4 chips
Shared RAM 16K Bit SRAM x 1chip
VIDEO
RAM
16K Bit SRAM x 1chip
  4K Bit SRAM x 2chip
I/O Custom LSI Memory mapper TH SP6102R001
Screen controller CSP-1
CSP-2
SP6102C002
SP6102C003
GDC CRT controller µPD7220
FDC Floppy disk controller µPD765
PIO Parallel I/O port 8255
SIO Serial I/O port 8251
TIMER Counter 8253
Clock Clock µPD1990AC
DISPLAY   Screen structure 80 characters x 25 lines, 80 x 40, 40 x 25, or 40 x 20
Elements 8 x 16, 8 x 8
Attribute Reverse, blink, line ( horizontal, vertical )
Colors 8 colors on each character and background color
I/F 2 channels ( applicable CRT 640 x 400, 640 x 200, B/W or color )
MFD MZ-353X One double-side, double density floppy disk 256 bytes/sector, 16 sectors/track, 80 tracks/disk ( 320KB )
MZ-354X Two double-side, double density floppy disks Built-in interface for optional MFD
Other I/F Light pen  
Keyboard Dedicated keyboard
Printer Centronics interface
RS232C No protocol, asynchronous mode, 110 to 9600 bps, half-duplex, EIA
Other
functions
Speaker ( 500mW ) HALT SW Speaker volume control
Battery Backup clock/calender by 2 timers of the 8253
Sound 1 voice by one of the 3 timers of the 8253
Software FDOS BASIC High class compatible with PC3200 BASIC, supplemented and graphic control commands
Expanded RS232C, GPIB, and GPIO ( 8-bit parallel )
Integer: -32,767 - 32,767
Real: mantissa 12 digits, exponent -99 +99
Utilities BACKUP, INIT, COPY, DEBUG, KILLALL
CP/M Basic CP/M
Expanded CP/M
 
Power Local area voltage, 220V, 50/60Hz, 100W ( max. )
Temperature
( operational )
10°C - 35°C
Humidity
( operational )
20% - 80%
Dimensions width 471 x height 145 x depth 375mm
Weight

15.3kg with 2 MFD-drives inbuilt

Accessories Instruction Manual
master floppy disk
power cord


BASIC commands
Commands AUTO, CONT, DELETE, EDIT, ERASE, LIST, NEW, REN, RUN, TR, TR STOP, VRUN
Standard commands DATA, DIM, DISP, END, FOR/NEXT, GOSUB, GOTO, IF...THEN, IF...:ELSE, IMAGE, INPUT, LET, ON...GOSUB, ON...GOTO, PRINT, READ, REM, RESTORE, RESUME, RETURN, STOP, MAXS, MINS
Functions ABS, ACS, ASC, ASN, ATN, CDEG, CDMS, CHR$, COS, EXP, INT, LEFT$, LEN, LN, LOG, MID$, MOD, MODIFY, PEEK, POINT, RIGHT$, RND
Commands
( machine code )
ERASE, NEW, POKE, USR
RS-232C commands CHANNEL, OPCHNL, POLLING, RCV, RLIST SEND, SENREV
Screen-/printer
commands
BL, CHANGE DISP, CHANGE PRINT, COLOR, CURSOR, DISP CLEAR, ENTER, LINE, MVCUR, POS, RE, RESET, RV, SCROL, SET, TABLE
Graphic commands SDISP, ODISP, CHANGE DISP, GCOLOR, CLS, PSET, PRESET, LINE, CIRCLE, PAINT, GENTER, GDISP, GRINT, GCURSOR, GINPUT, SCALE, GCHR
Operations =, +, -, *, /, ^, <, >, <=, =<, >=, =>, <>, ><, AND, NOT, OR
Further commands ERL, ERN, FN, PI, TAB, TIME
Disk-BASIC
commands
LOCK, UNLOCK, KILL, CAT, RNAME, LPRINT, LINPUT, COPY, BYE, MAXFILE, CREATE, OPEN, CLOSE, PRINT#, INPUT#, SEP#, BPRINT#, BINPUT#, REFORMAT#, PUT#, GET#, SAVE, STORE, LOAD, CHAIN, MERGE, LOAD SUB, ALOAD, MSAVE, MLOAD, VSAVE, VLOAD, KSAVE, KLOAD, GSAVE, GLOAD
FDOS commands BASIC, INIT, CAT, BACKUP, COPY/SCOPY, KILLALL, DEBUG


MZ-1K01 ( Keyboard ) Specification
Outline MZ-1K02: U.S. keyboard ( ASCII )
MZ-1K03: U.K. keyboard ( ISO )
MZ-1K04: German keyboard
MZ-1K05: French keyboard
Specification LSI, IC Keyboard controller 80C49 or 8749
CMOSIC 4049 x 2, 4514
Keys ( 98 ) Sculpture key Mechanical kontact key, with life of 10,000,000 operations.
Alphanumeric keys 61 Ten key 15 Function keys 6 Definable keys 10
Mode switch 1  
Interfacing cables For data transfer with the CPU ( serial ) and power supply ( transmission under 15,000 baud )
Use of coiled cable with 8-pin DIN plug
Other Repeat function Automatic repeat occurs 0.64 seconds after continuous depression of the same key. 2 Two-key rollover
Indicators ( 4 LED's ) POWER, Alphanumeric keys
Cabinet Molded Color Office grey
Size ( W x H x D ) 467 x 35 x 190
Weight
About 1.5kg ( 3.3lb )


MZ-1K04
Type separate, flat constructed
Keys 61 ISO-keys, numeric keyboard ( 15 keys ), function keys ( RUN, INS, DEL, EDIT, DEB, BRK/CONT ), 10 function keys ( double usable, user definable )
CPU 80C49 ( for keyboard control )
Power by main unit
Temparature
( operational )
10°C - 35°C
Dimensions width 467 x depth 190 x height 35mm
Weight 1.55kg


MZ-1U02 ( Expansion Unit )
Outline Expansion unit for the MZ-3500 series CPU, which can be attached to the rear of the main unit.
Optional boards are plugged in to the expansion box.
The expansion box will accomodate up to four option boards.
Specifications Number of slots: 4 slots
Slot connector: 60-pin edge connector x 4
Area of the slot inserting option board: 140.5 x 140
Slot for option and slot number

 
 
Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
MZ-1R06
( expansion RAM )
O
 
O
 
SFD I/F
 
O
 
O
Expansion RS232C
O
O
O
O
GPIO
O
O
O
O
GPIB
( IEEE I/F )
O
O
O
O



MZ-1R03 ( Graphic Memory Board 32 KB RAM )
Outline Optional board used graphic display functions with the model MZ-3500 series CPU. It includes 32KB of RAM.
It is inserted through the slot on the front panel of the PU.
The MZ-1U02 expansion box is not required.






Specifications
LSI GDC Graphic controller µPD7220
VIDEO RAM Basic ( built-in ) 16K DRAM x 16 ( 32KB )
Expansion
( optional )
16K DRAM x 32 ( 64KB )
Graphic functions ( Color must be specified for each dot, when the color video unit is in use )
VIDEO RAM --->
32KB
( basic )
96KB
( maximum expansion )
640 x 200
green monitor
640 x 200 dots
Two screens
640 x 200 dots
Six screens
640 x 200
color monitor
-
640 x 200 dots
Two screens
640 x 400
green monitor
640 x 400 dots
One screen
640 x 400 dots
Three screens
640 x 400
color monitor
-
640 x 400 dots
One screen



Software


BASIC graphic control statements
SDISP Screen designation for two video units.
ODISP Designation of output screen.
CHANGE DISP Mode designation
GCOLOR Graphic pattern designation
CLS Cleared by the color specified.
PSET Dot set
PRESET Dot reset
LINE Line creation
GTABLE Table creation
CIRCLE Circle creation
PAINT Paint over
GINPUT Input of graphic pattern
GDISP Display of graphic pattern
GPRINT Output of graphic pattern on printer
GREAD Read of coordinates
GENTER Input of pattern within the specified area
GCURSOR Graphic cursor position designation
GSCROL Graphic screen scrolling
SYMBOL Graphic symbol displaying
SCALE Screen scale-down designation


MZ-1R06 ( Extension RAM Board to expand to 192 KB )
Outline Optional board for memory expansion of the MZ-3500 series CPU, with this option the main memory ( RAM ) can be expanded up to a maximum of 256 KB.
This option plug into the expansion box in slot 1 or 3 of the MZ-1U02 ).


Specifications
LSI
Basic 64K DRAM x 8 ( 64KB )
Expansion 64K DRAM x 8 ( 128KB )


Memory and user area

 
Main CPU
only
Use of
MZ-1R06
Using eight
64K RAM's
on the MZ-1R06
Total capacity of
the main CPU RAM
128 KB
192 KB
256 KB
BASIC
( RAM
BASE )
SYSTEM
AREA
57 KB
-
-
USER
AREA
80 KB
128 KB
208 KB


MZ-1D07 ( 12" green Monitor )
Outline High resolution MZ-3500 series 12" ( 30cm ) green monitor
Displays characters, lower-/upper-case letters, symbols, graphic patterns.

 

 

Specifications

Video tube Type Non glare green
Size
12", 90° deflection
Fluorescent color P39 ( green, long PERSISTANCE )
Display capacity Total number of
display characters
2,000 characters
( 80 characters x 25 lines )
Display capacity
640 horizontal dots,
400 vertical lines
Display format 8 x 16 dots high resolution mode
Pages Text: 1
Graphic: 3 ( monochrome )
Display size 220 x 145mm
Input signals Method Separate input, TTL level
Horizontal 20.68kHz
Vertical
47.8Hz
Power supply AC, local area voltage, 220V, 50/60Hz, 29W ( 37W ) power consumption
Temperature
( operational )
10°C - 35°C
Cabinet Molded
Color
Office grey
Size ( W x H x D ) 324 x 310? ( or 395? ) x 356
Weight
7.2kg
Adjusting knobs 3 Vertical synchronization, contrast, brightness
Accessories CPU connection cable and power cord and tilt stand 2.2kg


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last updated August 27, 2002
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