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Sharp X68000 Pro	Computers	Home Computer	Japan	1989	Motorola MC68000	name company company_name specs tabs emulators links videos comments related oc_id source X68000 Pro /companies/sharp Sharp label value NAME X68000 Pro label value MANUFACTURER Sharp label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR 1989 label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard label value CPU Motorola MC68000 label value SPEED 10 MHz label value CO-PROCESSOR Unknown label value RAM 1 MB (up to 12 MB) label value VRAM 512 KB (graphic) + 512 KB (Text) label value ROM 1 MB label value TEXT MODES Unknown label value GRAPHIC MODES 256 x 240 / 256 x 256 / 512 x 240 / 512 x 256 / 512 x 512 / 640 x 480 / 768 x 512 / 1024 x 1024 / 128 sprites (16 x 16 dots) label value COLORS 65535 (16 colors in 1024 x 1024 to 65K in 512 x 512) label value SOUND FM Sound (Yamaha 2151 : 2 channels / 8 voices stereo) + PCM (OKI MSM6258V : 4 bit mono) label value I/O PORTS Joystick (2), Audio IN / OUT, Stereo scope, TV Control, NTSC Video Image I/O, Expansion (3 slots), External FDD, SASI, RS232 label value BUILT IN MEDIA Two 5.25'' disk-drives label value OS Human 68K 2.00 + SX Windows 1.0 label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU emulators links videos title url platform text Virtual X68000 Project http://www.vx68k.org/vx68k/ Windows X68000 emulator for linux and windows title url platform text X68000 emulator for Windows http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~yamama/emul/ Windows For Win9x / Me / 2K / NT title url platform text X68000 Emulator PPC http://emulation.net/x68000/ Apple X68000 Emulator PPC is currently the only X68000 emulator available for the Macintosh title url text NNA's X68000 Information Page http://nna.c-get.ne.jp/X68000/index.html Technical information and tips title url text Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_X68000 nice article title url text X68000 Ko-Window's page http://www.yo.rim.or.jp/~m_araki/kowin/index.html "Windows-style" graphical interface for X68000 platform title url text Web Wiz CAPTCHA http://www.webwizcaptcha.com title url text Sharp X68000 japanese commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPO1uTtK3bM Length: 59 s title url text Sharp X68000 japanese commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK3GY3HUrm8 Length: 29 s author date text misticjoe (Czech Republic) Monday 20th June 2016 It have 4 expansion slots. Not 3. Just bought one X68k ProHD :-) author date text Helf (USA) Wednesday 26th October 2005 They were more powerful than early amigas and ataris and were extremely popular (still are) in japan. The things were monsters. sepcially with upgrades added. author date text George (FL) Tuesday 3rd May 2005 why was this computer so special? /museum/sharp-x68000 /museum/sharp-x68000-ace-ace-hd /museum/sharp-x68000-expert /museum/sharp-x68000-expert-ii /museum/sharp-x68000-pro-ii /museum/sharp-x68000-super-super-hd /museum/sharp-x68000-xvi /museum/sharp-x68000-xvi-compact /museum/sharp-x68030-68030-compact 304 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230610202010/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=304 2023-06-10

The X68000 Pro is the successor of the X68000 Ace and Ace HD.

It uses a new version of the OS : Human 2.0 and a new Graphic User Interface (SX Windows instead of VS). It has 3 expansion slots instead of two.

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