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Sord M5

This computer used casette tape and cartridges. You can insert game cartridges, or if you want to use basic, you can insert one of 3 basic cartridges:
"BASIC-I" a integer based basic, "BASIC-G" a basic for graphics, "BASIC-F" a basic for floating point operations.

Known Issues:
- some cartridges may not work
- cassette emulation is working, but may not be perfect.
- no memory expansion supported
- no extra peripherals supported

History and Trivia:
The Sord M5 is similar in design to the MSX but not compatible with it.
(It has the same CPU (Z80), a Z80 CTC timer chip and the same video chip, but a different sound chip and the I/O port assignments are not the same).
In fact some MSX games have been converted to the Sord by enthusiasts.

How to use full screen editor:
- Arrows: CTRL + arrows
- Delete/Backspace: CTRL + \
- Stop/Break: CTRL + ESC or SHIFT + ESC

created on Sun Oct 27 12:15:00 2002