Author: havoc (cc240293-a.ensch1.ov.nl.home.com)
Date: 06-20-2002 19:15
amiga was a good machine for games... so was the st... but the whole discussion between the two would have probably been quite different if this baby would have been released outside japan:
NAME X68000
MANUFACTURER Sharp
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN Japan
YEAR 1986-7
KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard
CPU Motorola MC68000
SPEED 10 MHz
COPROCESSOR Unknown
RAM 1 MB (up to 12 MB)
VRAM 512 KB graphic + 512 KB text
ROM 1 MB
TEXT MODES Unknown
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 1024128 sprites (16 x 16)
COLORS 65535 (16 colors in 1024 x 1024 to 65K in 512 x 512)
SOUND FM Sound (Yamaha 2151 : 2 channels / 8 octaves stereo) + PCM (OKI MSM6258V : 4 bit mono)
I/O PORTS Joystick(2), Audio IN / OUT, Stereo scope, TV Control, NTSC Video Image I/O, Expansion (2 slots), External FDD, SASI, RS232
BUILT IN MEDIA 2 x 5.25'' disk-drive
OS Human 68K 1.0 + VS
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