Sharp X68000

PhantomX: A Raspberry Pi-based X68000 Accelerator

Posted on April 15, 2022 by Andrew Fiore

The following sites are written in Japanese but can be translated to English in some browsers. Read the developer’s technical documentation and installation instructions here: http://retropc.net/gimons/phantomx/index.html Purchase the PhantomX here (does not include Raspberry Pi; international shipping availability may be limited): https://gimons.booth.pm/items/3767764 Follow the PhantomX developer GIMON here: https://twitter.com/kugimoto0715 The developer GIMONS recently introduced a […]

Sharp X68000 Shoulder Bag Coming Soon

Posted on September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 by Vanessa (Vanessaira)

This snazzy looking shoulder bag is designed to carry and protect the legendary Japanese computer, the SHARP X68000. Designed for the “Manhattan Skyline” style of X68000’s, it will be available for preorder from the Japanese web store Helmets, for ¥21,384 (About $200) The site states that quality materials are being used in the construction of […]

New Memory Expansion for Sharp X68000

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Vanessa (Vanessaira)

Reported on the Japanese site Akiba PC Hotline. A new Memory Expansion I/O Kit is being sold for the Sharp X68000 series of Japanese computers. Designed to interface with any model X68000, this memory unit can be setup and configured via DIP switches to various memory setups including 2MB, 4MB, 6MB, 8MB, and 10MB. Coupling […]

MIDI Expansion Card for Sharp X68000

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Vanessa (Vanessaira)

Midiori from user TD-Linux, is a brand new expansion MIDI card for the Sharp X68000. This card would allow X68K users to interface with the various MIDI Tone and Sound Modules such as the legendary Roland MT-32 or CM-32L for example. This custom board uses the exact same chips that are used on the official […]