X68000

The X68000 is a <a href="/facts/Home_computer/CDEPVd1T">home computer</a> created by <a href="/facts/Sharp_Corporation/IbmkAjKB">Sharp Corporation</a>. It was first released in 1987 and sold only in <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a>.
The initial model has a 10 <a href="/facts/Megahertz/6Wshj5qm">MHz</a> <a href="/facts/Motorola_68000/3p2wt2D6">Motorola 68000</a> <a href="/facts/Central_processing_unit/Jxp1bqMV">CPU</a>, 1 <a href="/facts/Megabytes/RBF4XpWb">MB</a> of <a href="/facts/Random_Access_Memory/DuD4bxh6">RAM</a>, and lacks a <a href="/facts/Hard_disk/kekLSGSE">hard drive</a>. The final model was released in 1993 with a 25 MHz <a href="/facts/Motorola_68030/LyQfEWeB">Motorola 68030</a> CPU, 4 MB of RAM, and optional 80 MB <a href="/facts/SCSI/pxXulrBr">SCSI</a> hard drive. RAM in these systems is expandable to 12 MB, though most games and applications do not require more than 2 MB.
The X68000 has graphics hardware similar to <a href="/facts/Arcade_video_game/dCRltFVF">arcade video games</a> of the late-1980s, with custom coprocessors supporting scrolling, tiled backgrounds, and large numbers of <a href="/facts/Sprite_(computer_graphics)/qLHf8V8e">sprites</a>. Sound is supplied through multiple sound chips supporting 8 channels of <a href="/facts/FM_synthesis/9wALwfgD">FM synthesis</a> and one channel of <a href="/facts/Adaptive_differential_pulse-code_modulation/Q6cFrNUb">adaptive differential pulse-code modulation</a> audio, which are mixed down to 2 analog stereo channels via a <a href="/facts/Digital-to-analog_converter/5loEvAeb">DAC</a> chip. As such, <a href="/facts/Video_game/vmTdNASJ">video gaming</a> was a major use of the X68000.

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