New System: Sharp X68000 Expert HD
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Here is something that I just picked up. Ive been wanting one of these for a long time and they are rare, extremely expensive and hard to find in good working condition. I still dont know what the outcome will be with these units but Im going to try to get them going here soon :) Stay tunned
The capability of this machine would of blown away all competition in it's time. The Japanese keep the best things for themselves; the X68000 is such a great example!
I have never heard or seen these before, but it is awesome to learn about. I am sure we all hope you can get them up and running.
One thing I learned from Luke:
When in doubt, replace the capacitors ! It works 99% of the time ! ^^
This powerhouse was actually a workstation for game developers, most of the Capcom cps arcade games were developed with this thing.
You always put up the best gaming-related videos. Always look forward to your updates. Awesome finds as always!
Dunno how I missed this when it was put up. Never heard of this system before. Now I cant wait to see a full test run. Off to check out the rest of the vids on this now...lol
Nice pickup! I've been refurbishing mine for a few weeks now. Replacing the capacitors and diodes in the PSU didn't fix the sound issue i'm having, but I think i'm on the right track. These are a true headache to work on. The drives do not use a belt, however, if the drives test out as "bad" it can be a result of bad capacitors on either the motherboard or the floppy drives itself.
Was looking up information about this system just yesterday! Was very impressed by quality of the games on it.
Great vid Luke =)
Wow, very interesting! As a Capcom and Konami fan, I've always found the X86K very alluring. Akumajou Dracula on this system is fantastic, has really good sound, too.
Awesome. Looking forward to the videos showing your newest purchase, Luke.
Oh wow, awesome stuff Luke! These things are awesome! Such a shame they are so crazy expensive over here, would love to get my hands on one of these! Awesome Shoot 'm Up boxes.
Haha...not afraid to admit I wasn't sure what I'm looking at in the beginning. Pretty kickass appearance , gotta see it in action.
Awesome Luke. They look pretty interesting. Hope you get them to work. I'd love to see one in action.
Luke, this will make an awesome addition to your collection
Nice looking system, love the dual towers/pop out handle, looks solid!
Hope you can get em both running :)
There are actually adapters that were made to convert older Macintosh connectors to VGA that might work, as the connector is the same. They should be fairly simple to pick up online.
If the PSU pops the fuse after you've cleaned it, then it might be a closed resistor or transistor. You can check this in Ohm mode in your multimeter, check the resistance between the transistor (and voltage regulator) pins. Infinite Ohm is a open unit (broken), near zero Ohm is a closed unit (broken).
Aw yeah that is all kinds of awesome, nice to see take advantage of where you live Luke. Wow that is a sweet rig, like the Cadillac of retro computers. Ports, glorious ports everywhere. ^_^ Very cool, I can't wait to see the games you ordered. :O
Awesome, i've wanted one of these for a long time. Sadly, the P&P to get one send to the uk is bad enough...nevermind the cost of the system. :(
Glad to see you've got one, looking forward to seeing it fixed up and playing games again.
Awesome pickups Luke, congrats on getting an X68000! Only the Japanese could make a computer that looks THAT cool!
I've never even seen or heard of this system before! Interesting stuff. Hopefully you can get at least one good machine out of what you've got there. Looking forward to seeing a demo of it running.
Those are really cool looking systems, i hope you can get them to work :)
Cool, hope to see it up and running soon.
Nice systems man! The cases look similar to ones that you can get on tigerdirect right now! That was the first thing I though when I look at it.
awwww dude!!!! thats killer that ya got one. cant wait to see what your conna do with these beasts
Interesting, never seen or heard of this system before.
Interesting insight, I never seen one until now.
Well, I'm stumped! I have never heard of these, mind you in Australia, we always get forgotten with alot of consoles/systems. We didn't even get the mighty pc engine here!!!! Sigh..certainly is a beast Luke, I wonder how easy it'll be to track down games? Cheers for the vid as always.
I've never seen one of those before, its pretty good looking, and would make a great case mod for a PC as ether a media center or lan box :P
neat. never seen one before. Would love to see vids of you working on it
Yes! Yes! I'm so glad you finally got one of these.
Beautiful!
@cybernator5000 that's the one, and it's also the version which has the Excelisa pilot say shit when he is killed on his last ship.
Man "Casa de Luke" is always full of surprises awesome, never seen one of those sharp units. Was that an only japan console? Look nice awesome find luke like always man.
In the '80s, the case design of X68000 was often referred as "Twin Towers."
Of course, that meant the famous twin towers.
Very cool Luke, those are great computers, that Expert HD looks like it's in good shape too. Are you going to try and find an original Sharp CRT monitor? Like you mentioned there are tons of great games available for the 68k, especially arcade ports that were way better than anything else available at the time thanks to the X68000 processor that beast was packing. Looking forward to seeing how these turn out!
would be cool to see some of the midi sequencers available on that platform..
Thats awesome Ive never even heard of this system!
Time to get a Roland mt-32 sound module along with Castlevania and Final Fight.
finally!! welcome to the club!
Wow, make sure you give us an update video or two. ;-)
For expert hd model after turning on you will hear voice samples from cotton
Hope you can salvage these machines. I've always had a lot of interest in the X68000.
@GlockNinja Exactly like the arcade versions. Thats how they look like.
X68000 is always something I've wanted to own but I have no way to justify the cost of getting and collecting for it.
This machine looks extremely cool. I'm wondering if it might be possible to use a smaller PSU like an SFF or SFX that was a more similar size to the ATX one so you could actually fit it in the housing?
You could try out Sega Genesis model 1 TV cables for it!
Luke try getting Spin Dizzy 2 for the X86k it's music is insanely good!!
@xan1242 but it's not supported by Final Fight! lol Both, then.
You have to get some games like Castlevania for it!
you'll get it working ^_^
@SpeedySPCFan
i think so xD so that´s why everyone wanna visit japan O.O
Are there books that I could read to acquire the knowledge of fixing consoles and gaming related electronics? I have always wanted to "revivie" some of my nonfunctional consoles like what you are doing but I am lacking the knowledge to do so.
i wonder? can you put present day computer hardware inside its case? like a dual core processor,a GPU,a 500gb HDD?
Hey Luke, I have a Turbo duo that won't read discs too. I replaced the entire laser assembly and it still didn't work, please let me know if a cap kit fixes your problem!
Someone should have given Microsoft lessons on how to make a PC look like this when they made the Xbox 1.
When you replace the caps, how do know which ones have gone bad? Or do you just replace all of them?
Hehe. Lookin' Sharp today Luke?
HOLY FRIGGIN SHIT YOU GOT IT!
"Really Sharp lookin'" XD
thats cool i want 1
Dude, you rate a 68000 in my book! is there anything you can't (excluding the psx, grr) fix?
i read in my "gameplan" book, that there are a lot of hentaistyle, point and click and puzzle games for that system, is that right? =D
Thats the one with the better looking thunder force 2, right?
X68K catch copy is manhattan shape.
@terje2005 This runs Human x68k OS.
Wikipedia, much?
It is the child of the late 1980s
Look at supdeadite chanel dude and sort a midi interface for the sound, would be amazing to see a vid on that
Really Luke? `Sharp´ looking? You are one punny guy.
so these are video game systems? like a arcade?? I have no idea
Dude! What in the hecker-doodles are those things? Are they computers? Or Consoles? Luke's place is like a Hospital for consoles ;) ...Dr. Morse Neo-Geo needs capacitor surgery right away. That could be a great skit!!! :)
The one from the potato?
no NEC PC88/PC98?
What OS is it running? Any GUI?
Does HD on the machine mean High Definition?
ItsKapow I believe in this case, it stands for "Hard Drive."
Hey Luke,
Good stuff! I love the x68ks!
You can find VGA adapters in Yahoo Japan. Check autcion f110205597 for an example.
There are some games though that do require 15kHz so you got to have a multisync CRT to support that - those are not the majority of games though. Check my site, I have a list of which games require it.
This is a snes/sega on steriods...boy we got screwed in the states
Midi ports??? Joystick ports?? FLOPPY DRIVES!!??
Just what in Azura's name is this contraption??
never heard of this system...what does the games look like?
@castlevania78 Nah, SC-55 is better.
well i think its obvious that the "sharp x68000" is "sharp-looking" xD