Sharp electronic organizers with the IC card slot (Wizard OZ/IQ/PA/PI series)

[Dave Britten]

I finally tracked down a Tetris card for my OZ-7200. It plays well enough, considering the constraints. What I find interesting is that the game doesn't speed up, rather the height of the floor increases with each level, forcing you to work higher up the stack. They obviously did this because fast-moving pieces would have ghosted badly enough that they would have been invisible.

(06-05-2021 10:04 PM)Ren Wrote:  Okay, this may be OT for this particular thread;
I bought a Sharp EL-5520 this morning at a Habitat for Humanity Re-Store ($2).
After battery replacement, basic calculator functions are working.
I haven't tried any BASIC to it.
It has a 4Kb RAM Card (CE-211M) installed. I am not sure whether it is working.

That model requires a RAM card to be installed, as it doesn't have any internal memory, so if the device appears to be working at all, it's probably good. To test, I'd suggest hitting the reset button on the back of the computer, switching to BASIC mode, and typing MEM to see how many bytes it reports.

Also, I should apparently stop by the local Re-Store if they sell things like that.