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» Home computers made by Sharp never gained much fame. Although the X68000 series became very popular in Japan, assuming a position similar to Commodore's Amiga range, the MZ 800 line made it to Europe only because it was cheaper than to mill them into a fine powder and burrying them at the city dump (a fate that met the Apple Lisa) as the design didn't quite to live up to it's predecessor' promise and couldn't compete with MSX. So the MZ80 and MZ 700, although less advanced, especially on the graphics side, are still much more common all over the world. » In the former Czechoslovakia the SHARP MZ 800 was the first personal computer available in regular shops (well, about two or three ;-) for the local currency. Although the price represented about four good monthly salaries, they gained fair deal of popularity and the scene is alive to this day. Several emulators are available and if you know how to solder a few chips onto a circuit board, you can expad your MZ with a RAM disk, floppy or even a hard drive. » Unfortunatelly there aren't that many active SHARP users web sites (and SHARP users for that matter) left, so the computer museums and collections section of this portal will yield larger quantity of results. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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