Sharp X68000 XVI inbound (tomorrow...)

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Re: Sharp X68000 XVI inbound (tomorrow...)

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Yay!

Nice looking screens :)

You still have a lot of tuning to do. Good luck!

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Games are gorgeous and I don't regret my purchase at all.

And yes, some tweaks and tests are still to be done.
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Since I had issues with my 12 MB RAM (CHKRAM was always giving an error at 200000), I swapped my internal EDO RAM (80ns) for a 60ns one and also my expansion card FPM RAM (60ns) for a 60ns EDO RAM.

No more errors now and the "all 60ns" will be even better if I decide to overclock my machine.

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And the monitor is now fully centered:

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Thanks @Higgy !

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If someone still wants to buy one here in Europe, there’s one for sale near Paris : https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/jeux_video/2849822610
I suspect the guy asks a bit too much :-D :dizzy:
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The guy sells a complete set, but 6000 Euros is really too much...

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Finally got my Roland MA-8BK speakers !

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Nice design and nice sound too.

Now have to get Roland MT-32 and SC-88 sound modules to finalize the midi setup.

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:dualthumbup:
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O jaaa....

:girldance:

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Such an epic machine, I'm very jealous, but also very pleased for you :)
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Yo HigashiJun

It's just a shame that you have so little space for this machine but still your corner looks great!

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