Chapter 1
The
World
of the
MZ-808
Personal Computer
What
can computers do? You will see that computers
are
used for
many
different purposes in
many
places. Computers carry
out
complicated scientific calculations, various business procedures,
simulations and statistical processing with the aid
of
high level languages such
as
BASIC, PASCAL,
FORTRAN
and COBOL. Computers operate measuring systems and automatic control systems in a
variety
of
plants and networks.
In
laboratories engaged in software development, the computer
is
even
used to
study
itself.
What
can
your
MZ-80B do? There
is
no
definite answer to this question, since the MZ-80B
can
be
used in such a wide
range
of
applications. You
may
apply
it
to
any
purpose
you
wish.
Chapter 7
of
this manual describes the features
of
the MZ-80B, hardware expansion and the scope
of
the software.
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