What's inside the a 1987 vintage Sharp X68000 personal computer / gaming system from Japan?<br />Sold exclusively in Japan from 1987 to 1993 this 10MHz 68000 based boasted graphics capability superior to the Amiga and Atari ST. The powerful graphics enabled pixel-perfect ports of clasic games arcade games, and the machine was highly sought after by gamers. Running a custom operating system called Human68K, it even had 3D goggle support.<br /><br />Teardown photos: http://www.eevblog.com/2015/05/20/eevblog-746-sharp-x68000-retro-computer-teardown/<br /><br />Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-746-sharp-x68000-retro-computer-teardown/msg676909/#msg676909<br /><br />Datasheets:<br />http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/sharp/_dataBooks/1990_Sharp_Microcomputers_Data_Book.pdf<br />http://www.ionpool.net/arcade/gottlieb/technical/datasheets/YM2151_datasheet.pdf<br />http://www.datasheetspdf.com/datasheet/MB81C78A.html<br />http://www.datasheet4u.com/datasheet/M/B/8/MB81C78A_Fujitsu.pdf.html<br />http://www.bg-electronics.de/datenblaetter/Schaltkreise/MB81256.pdf<br />http://dev-docs.atariforge.org/files/MC68901.pdf<br />http://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/870/MITSUBISHI/M51387P.html<br />http://www.datasheetspdf.com/PDF/HD63450/774601/1<br /><br /><br />EEVblog Main Web Site: http://www.eevblog.com<br />The 2nd EEVblog Channel: http://www.youtube.com/EEVblog2<br /><br />Support the EEVblog through Patreon!<br />http://www.patreon.com/eevblog<br /><br />EEVblog Amazon Store (Dave gets a cut):<br />http://astore.amazon.com/eevblogstore-20<br />Donations:<br />http://www.eevblog.com/donations/<br />Projects:<br />http://www.eevblog.com/projects/<br />Electronics Info Wiki:<br />http://www.eevblog.com/wiki/
