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The following is a rough guide diagram for the ACE-HD model that I have researched the most.įor more in-depth details on fixing power supplies read Power Supply Repair Instructions - or you could also attempt to build your own power supply. Additionally, I take no responsibility offering this rough guide if you damage your system. Therefore, if you are not confident doing this, seek out the services of someone with electronics repair skills. In addition, you will need to use a 4.7k Ohm resistor, a suitable chip that performs an inverting role (because the power polarity is actually reversed) and the ability to do some soldering.

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Seek out a suitable replacement power supply or convert a suitable PC power supply for usage inside the 圆8000.Ĭonverting a PC power supply requires the power pin-outs for your model to make sure you are doing everything correctly. Finding one of these machines, you will most likely be sold one with a power supply issue. With no switches other than the front of case power button which performed a timed power off, over time this became a bigger problem.

To explain, this is caused by the power supply state remaining in an ‘always on soft power state’. One of the most common issues with 圆8000 systems today are issues with the power supply unit ‘blowing up’.

The tower case looks like two connected towers, with a retractable carrying handle.

2 x 5.25″ floppy disk drives with soft eject.

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Component RGB In/Out - equipped for NTSC-J Cable TV.

VGA Monitor Port - 15/24/31 kHz refresh rates.

16 colors per sprite selected from 16 palettes.

128 sprites per screen 16 sprites per line.

Street Fighter II is an exception which requires 4 MB RAM. Most applications and some games required 2 MB RAM.

Motorola-Clone 68000 CPU (HD68HC000) at 10 MHz made by Hitachi.

Let’s start with some hardware specs for the standard X68000 ACE model which was released early 1998 (source: 圆8000 User Manual): Sharp 圆8000 System Hardware Specification I hope this becomes a useful article about this vastly unknown, yet wonderful system which was produced in Japan between 19. Below I have compiled some of the details about the Sharp 圆8000 system here, with a focus on the ACE model in the specifications section. I have some basic Japanese skills which does help, but I did need to translate a lot of things.

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The 圆8000 systems were only released in Japan and where I live in Australia, the most popular systems at that time were the Commodore Amiga and the Atari ST, which I used myself.ĭue to my interest for this machine, I have discovered man y things reading magazines, system manuals and a few Japanese websites/forums dedicated to this system. The Sharp 圆8000 is the one computer system I wished I had the opportunity to own and I only discovered it via emulation and going through the retro computer listings on eBay and other sites.

NOTE: This is a revision of a long standing article that I had originally published in 2014 on and again later on.