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Sharp X68000

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Overview

Introduced in 1987 by Sharp, the Sharp X68000 was a computer system.

Technical specifications

  • CPU: Motorola 68000 running at 10 MHz (up to 12 MHz in later towers) with 16-bit bus bridging to the custom video chips.
  • Memory: 1 MB or more RAM standard plus 512 KB VRAM and ROM for system BIOS and fonts.
  • Display: Custom Sharp video pipeline offering 512×512 pixels, 65,536 colors on-screen, hardware sprites, and analog RGB output.
  • Sound: Yamaha YM2151 FM synthesizer together with OKI M6295 ADPCM chip delivering multi-channel stereo audio.

Supported ROM extensions

dim, img, d88, 88d, hdm, dup, 2hd, xdf, hdf, cmd, m3u, zip, 7z

Emulators

  • px68k (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_PX68K

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml