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Sharp continues to sell desktop PC/TV combos in Japan through its Internet Aquos line, where an X1-style red color scheme is available.Kagirinaki Tatakai (Sharp X1) Added by DonRumata1 DonRumata1 Sorry, data for given user is currently unavailable. Then this series was succeeded by the X68000 series. An X1 twin, which had a PC-Engine in the cabinet, was finally released as the last machine of the X1 series in 1987. In 1986, Sharp released the X1 turbo Z series with a 4096 color analog RGB monitor. It had a lot of improvements, but the clock speed was still only 4 MHz. In 1984, Sharp released the X1 turbo series with high resolution graphics (640x400, while X1 had 640x200). While X1 was struggling to sell, the PC8801 (from NEC) was quickly becoming popular in the Japanese market. Since X1 had these features, it was very powerful for game software. The entirety of the VRAM memory was mapped on to the I/O area, so it was controlled without bank change. PCG) with 4bit color, and it was effectively used into a lot of games. The character font was completely programmable (A.K.A. All the TV functions could be controlled from a computer program. The RGB display monitor for the X1 had a television tuner, and a computer screen could be super-imposed on TV.

The cabinet shape of X1 was also much more stylish than others at that time and a range of cabinet colors (including Red) was selectable. This policy was originally copied from the Sharp MZ series, and they were called clean computers in Japan. On the plus side however, this concept meant that a free RAM area was available that was as big as possible when not using BASIC. However the X1 did not have a BASIC ROM, and it had to load the Hu-BASIC interpreter from a cassette tape. At the time the original X1 was released, all other home computers generally had a BASIC language in ROM.

It was based on a Z80 CPU.ĭespite the fact that the Computer Division of Sharp Corporation had released the MZ series, suddenly the Television Division released a new computer series called the X1. The X1 (エックスワン Ekkusuwan), sometimes called the Sharp X1, is a series of home computers released by Sharp Corporation from 1982 to 1988.

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