Sharp X68000
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| Branding | SHARP |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Alps Electric |
| Layouts | JIS |
| Keyswitches |
Alps SKCL Green Alps SKCL Yellow NMB dome with slider Mitsumi KKR Type |
| Interface | Mini-DIN-7 |
| Weight | Varies |
| Introduced | 1987 |
Sharp X68000 is a family of personal computers designed by Sharp. The computers were widely used as gaming consoles due to the many arcade games ported to the system at the time. The OS designed for the systems is Human68k, though NetBSD and OS9 can also be installed to them. The systems commonly came equipped with Alps SKCL Green or Alps SKCL Yellow switches, leading to their presence in the keyboard community. In addition, the keycaps are doubleshot on Alps boards, though a different printing method was used on the NMB version.
On Alps boards, the BREAK and COPY keys used Alps SKCL Heavy Cream.[1]
There were several lines of computers in the X68000 family, though the three primary series were X68000, X68000 Compact, and X68030, which came later.
Variants
Although many X68000 keyboards use Alps switches, other switch types also exist, such as NMB dome with slider. Further the model convention was carried from the X1 and X1 turbos before it. Known models of the keyboards and switches are:
- DSETK0001CE01: Alps SKCC Green
- DSETK0001CE02: Alps SKCC Green
- DSETK0001CE03: Alps SKCC Green
- DSETK0002CE02: Alps SKCC Green
- DSETK0008CE02: Alps SKCL Green
- DSETK0013CE00: Mitsumi KKR Type[2]
- DSETK0016CE01: Alps SKCL Green[3]
- DSETK0016CE02: Alps SKCL Green[4]
- DSETK0016CE03: Alps SKCL Yellow (Unconfirmed)[5]
- DSETK0016CE04: Alps SKCL Yellow (Unconfirmed)[5]
- DSETK0020CE00: NMB dome with slider
- DSETK0020CE01: NMB dome with slider
- DSETK0021CE00: Alps SKCL Yellow
- DSETK0022CE01: Alps SKCL Yellow
- DSETK0022CE02: Alps SKCL Yellow[6]
- DSETK0023CE02: Alps SKCL Yellow
- DSETK0023CE03: Alps SKCL Yellow[6]
- DSETK0024CE00: NMB dome with slider[7]
- DSETK0025CE01: NMB dome with slider[8]
Gallery
- DSETK0016CE01
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References
- ↑ Deskthority — Sharp X68000
- ↑ Imgur — HerbalNekoTea's Unexpected Sharp X1 with Mitsumi KKR
- ↑ Imgur — X68000 DSETK0016CE01
- ↑ PCB-GAME-ROOM — X68000 DSETK0016CE02
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Geekhack — DSETK0016CE03 and DSETK0016CE04
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Geekhack — Hasu's X68000 Conversion thread
- ↑ Deskthority — X68000 DSETK0024CE00
- ↑ WP Gopher — DSETK0025CE01 (Wayback Machine)
