Sharp X68000 XVI inbound (tomorrow...)

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

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Wow!! I'm not at all jealous.. no.. not one bit.. ;) :lol:
Congrats on acquiring that lovely machine!
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@Higgy

Well resumed. Totally agree with you.
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agranlund wrote: Sun Jul 07, 2024 1:19 pm Wow!! I'm not at all jealous.. no.. not one bit.. ;) :lol:
Congrats on acquiring that lovely machine!
Thanks !

I'm not jealous of your Raven at all neither...

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Impressive machine! Looks beautiful...
What a cool hiragana keyboard, wow!
Gratulations @HigashiJun !

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tOriman wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2024 7:35 am Impressive machine! Looks beautiful...
What a cool hiragana keyboard, wow!
Gratulations @HigashiJun !

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Thanks tOriman !

Still need some parts to run it at its full potential though.

I guess all the retro I'm selling now will finance the purchase of these parts...

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HigashiJun wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2024 10:02 am
I guess all the retro I'm selling now will finance the purchase of these parts...

:lol:
Are you sure? ROTFL
This is very expensive stuff. I wish you good luck in the final completion of your equipment!

Btw and again - for sure - keyboard with hiragana looks nice - I must buy hybrid USB one for daily use ;-)

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@tOriman

Hiragana keyboards are my daily life here, but I must say the X68000 keyboard has a nice feel n' touch...
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Slowly but surely, I'm starting to gather expansions for my new toy:

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More to come soon.
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WoW!

Nice MIDI controller card. Why is it that complicated? Anyway looks very well!

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Ok, so I have gathered some items for my X68000:

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- An SX-68M-2 midi expansion card together with its mini-DIN to DIN cable and back plate
- An XSIMM10ss memory expansion card with a 16 MB ram fitted
- An MC68882RC25A FPU
- An original mouse, new and never used (so its ball is not rotten)

Some bits are still missing but it will be for next month...

I asked Retrocables in Spain to ship the RGB to VGA cable at the end of August, since I'm taking a long vacation and won't be at home to receive it.
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