Sharp MZ-5600A Diagnostic Manual
The Sharp MZ-5600A Diagnostic Manual is Sharp Corporation's manual for the service check program of the MZ-5600A, part DKOG-1005ACZZ. It applies to the MZ-5631A, MZ-5641A, MZ-5645A and MZ-5646A, export versions of the Sharp MZ-6500. The copy on the wiki is a 30-page scan with an OCR text layer, from the SharpMZ site (formerly sharpmz.org).[1][2][3]
Contents
[edit | edit source]| Section | Printed page |
|---|---|
| I. Service check program specifications | 1 |
| II. Service check program operating procedure | 3 |
| 1. RAM and IPL ROM test | 5 |
| 2. Sound interface, audio output and speaker tests | 7 |
| 3. VRAM test | 8 |
| 4. Display functional tests | 9 |
| 5. Floppy disk test | 17 |
| 6. Printer interface test | 19 |
| 7. RS-232C interface test | 20 |
| 8. Timer test | 21 |
| 9. Key interface test | 22 |
| 10 to 12. Expansion DRAM, expansion VRAM (MZ-1R09) and 8087 tests | 22 |
| III. RTC battery backup test (service check program 11) | 23 |
| IV. RAM file (MZ-1R32) test procedure | 24 |
What this manual does not contain
[edit | edit source]- The test program disk itself, which the procedure needs. It has not been found.[1]
- Component-level fault-finding; the tests point to a section of the machine, and the Sharp MZ-5600 Service Manual has the circuits and the power supply procedure.[1]
Pages that cite this document
[edit | edit source]- Sharp MZ-6500 Troubleshooting Guide: disk-based diagnostics.
- Sharp MZ-6500 General Maintenance: the clock battery backup test.
Download: Sharp MZ-5600A Diagnostic Manual.pdf
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sharp Corporation, Diagnostic Manual for Model MZ5600A (DKOG-1005ACZZ) (File:Sharp MZ-5600A Diagnostic Manual.pdf), cover, contents and section I, "MZ-5600A service check program specifications": applicable models MZ-5631A, MZ-5641A, MZ-5645A and MZ-5646A; tools required: RS-232C interface cable, test program media (one), fresh media (two); the test program is loaded from the test program media into main memory.
- ↑ Download datasheets and manuals (MZ-5500 / MZ-5600), SharpMZ—link(accessed 2026-10-21) Source of the file, sharpmz.net/mz-5600/download/diag_manual.pdf: "MZ-5600A Diagnostic Manual", 30 pages.
- ↑ MZ (コンピュータ), Wikipedia (Japanese)—link(accessed 2026-10-21) MZ-5600: the overseas model of the MZ-6500.