A Sharper End: The Sharp MZ 6556

[@DextersTechLab]

This machine has a beautiful aesthetic. It just belongs in some 1990s Japanese anime. Thank you for sharing!

[@ReEnthused]

It is a lovely machine

[@thesixth2330]

Great Looking Machine! I'd love to see you get some software running. Thanks for cataloguing the machine! Also, The Japanese MZ-6500 is identical to the European MZ-5600

[@patbreen3859]

Great to see you doing vids again! Really appreciate your coverage around obscure japanese machines. That card cage reminded me a bit of the Super MZ.

[@ReEnthused]

Thanks, it's appreciated. I've yet to own a Super MZ - it's a little too popular to get cheaply :)

[@RetroBytesUK]

That's a very nice looking machine, looks like it's got a fair amount of heft to it. I was suprised how modern the mfm card looked, I was not expecting so much surface mount stuff on it.

[@ReEnthused]

Sharp certainly seemed to be on the tip of the curve for production in this era.

[@RetroBytesUK]

@@ReEnthusedThere can't have been too many companies going for surface mount then, commodore, acorn etc did not get there until the 90s.

[@ctrlaltrees]

Fascinating machine and one I hadn't heard of - thanks for sharing!

[@ReEnthused]

Cheers matey

[@mattsephton]

Great to see it running some stuff. Great audio quality on your mic too

[@WhatHoSnorkers]

That's a lovely looking machine that. Chosen Man!

[@TheGeoffers08]

Very interesting machine and video. Great to see some content from one of my favourite producers again!

[@ReEnthused]

That's very kind of you, thanks

[@KrisGraney]

That's a good looking machine!

[@zxrenew5642]

Brilliant Sir! Loved it!

[@captaincorleone7088]

I knew about other Sharp machines but not this one. Thanks for sharing it with us. My initial question was going to be what have you managed to do with it - but the answer was, nothing! I do hope that you're able to get it up and running eventually. 🙂

[@ReEnthused]

Hah, yeah not much. I've got a potential contact though in Japan so they may be able to help - if so I'll do an update.

[@mattmyers9351]

Great video!

[@cyo_corner]

Might grab one of those machines sometime. Did you inspect the power supply by chance?

[@ReEnthused]

Not inside, no. I have to take it apart soon. I did check the voltages and they're stable.

[@gibant1]

Very nice machine, I have a couple of MZ80A's I'm working on myself. It's a shame with machines like an Apricot F1 (which I've also got to get working) when they are MS-DOS compatible but not PC compatible, really limits what you can do with them not that it should stop anyone from collecting them.

[@ReEnthused]

Absolutely agreed

[@flekkzo]

The Japanese case designs are pretty cool. It’s a shame we aren’t seeing any repros for various ATX standards.

[@ReEnthused]

True, it would surely be a fairly easy win, even without the nostalgia

[@belstar1128]

Nice the Japanese computers from the 80s are very poorly documented compared to western systems. they are almost forgotten.

[@ReEnthused]

Indeed, hopefully the more videos we make the more attention they'll get. There must be people out there, especially in Japan, that has information.

[@belstar1128]

@@ReEnthused Yea we got to learn Japanese to ask the questions. but i noticed that people in Asia are not as nostalgic as Europeans and Americans.