Sharp X68000 Tear Down, Repair and Demo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2020
- A person sent me their Sharp X68000 computer for repair. They got a good deal on it because "smoke was coming out the top". In this video I figure out what's wrong with the system, make some repairs and then take the games for a test drive. Enjoy!
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The cat interruption - the bane of home worker productivity everywhere.
"I need to make snarky videos on TH-cam.. for some reason.." lol🤣
Feel free to forward anything japanese to me that you can't read if you have questions. I'm a comp engineer and from japan. Love your videos
Love having you on in the background. Thanks for this, Ben!
This is now officially a Cat Video.
Cats just make videos better.
This is now officially a cat CHANNEL. Do you really think he'll let the human continue hogging his well-deserved praise? :-p (That look tho... he's gonna be mischievous as HECC and get into EVERYTHING! :-D)
cat channel
Watching your challenges changing caps out, takes me back to my youth working on factory production problems as a young electrical engineer.
I was listening to a podcast the other day about the Castlevania on Sharp, but never before have I seen the system nor the game! Thanks Ben!
So glad you're around man, love your videos.
that motherboard is almost as beautiful as the NeXT Cube's board
you sound like Steve Jobs!
I'd argue more personally. It's my dream retro computer tho so I'm biased lol. Japanese engineering is fascinating and beautiful
@@hi_tech_reptiles i took my old Casiotone MT-210 for the first time back in 2018 to do a cleanup, i wasnt expecting to see such a beautifully made and organized board/everything, i think it looks better than my modern 21st century midi controller keyboard
I've never seen what an X68k looked like until now. Pretty awesome stuff, Ben. That thing is a beast.
I never even knew this existed back in the day, but damn - what a way to use a 68000, that machine could handle so much more than the 68k based machines we had.
I see kitten hacks coming!!! Auto cat door, auto treat feeder, auto litter box, auto mouse toy
Cat hacking -- replace cat brain with arduino.
Auto cat-apult to launch the cat from the basement back upstairs.
@@nutz4gunz457 Robotic cat vacuum to suck the cat into a pneumatic tube that auto-routes it to cat jail (or other destinations if so needed). If cat needs to go to vet, it can be routed to an air cannon that fires the cat on a ballistic trajectory to a landing receptacle at the vet.
A DIY RFID cat door would be a great Ben project. A decent one (like Petsafe) can cost nearly $100, so I'd love to see what could be done with an eBay RFID reader, a servo, and an arduino.
Your an idiot, is your name Karen? If not you should try it out Karen cuz it fits.
I owned a TV repair shop for a lot of years and fixed everything from computers, mobos, vid cards, basically anything that plugged in or took batteries and to many times I did the same thing, traced it back to something stupid haha... Live and learn. Im happy to see more videos coming out I missed the videos from element or the rate of videos put out. Keep up the good work ben!
This channel is quickly becoming all the good things about TBHS, good on ya!
Sure 100%, maybe sometime when he reach 1 Mil. Subs he can hire his old stuff.
Coworkers
It's all the excitement of the show, but with a relaxed edit
This video is extremely helpful! It came days after I cranked my own X68k up for the first time. My wife is still tired of hearing "I have a working X68k!" These machines are treasures and it took me two years to get it altogether for the test(mine came with no PSU at all;-/)...all hail the god-machine and thanks Ben for solving several of my questions in one video:-) Also cool cat!
Helpful?? Did you see that shit job this idiot did on that RGB board??
Since discovering you're still on TH-cam I have been watching these videos for hours, i fell asleep at 3am last night and woke up late for work.
I've said this before and I'll proudly say it again; this has to be one of the most gorgeous machine ever produced in my book
Ginger cats are always mischievous, mine was awesomely so hehehehe
Old computers, retro games and cute kittens, my life is complete. 😊
OMG dude these impressions. I love your oceanic knowledge of movie lines and characters
I've never seen one of these. I'm actually surprised how modern this thing looks. You could actually sit it by a line of modern computer hardware and unless you were paying attention, you'd never notice it was 30+ year old tech.
That industrial design looks fantastic even by modern standards! I would LOVE to have a PC case that looked like this.
Oh for sure. I just didn't like how flimsy thr plastic base was without anything installed. Was worried it was gonna crack.
What a futuristic design, very radical for the time! It's the kind of case I'd love to have even till this day on my modern machine!
I was born in 94, but I grew up in a countryside home with no cable and just dial up for most of my childhood. so my childhood consisted of 70s 80s movies and TV. and "retro" game consoles that I could find at garage sales etc. I think that's why I enjoy listening to people like Ben talk and make references to things that I remember more clearly than someone should for my age.
Great Vid Ben. You are a craftsman.
Hey - I’m enjoying your channel. You do some really interesting stuff. I’m glad you kept this going after the Ben Heck Show. I enjoy the pop culture monologue also. Thanks for this.
Very interesting video! I have never heard of the Sharp X68000 and i am impressed how much technology is in there.
If those weren't so rare I'd love to see a modern build in that case, it's just BEAUTIFUL.
These and the MSX systems were my 80s and 90s dream machines!
the fox maulder impression was so spot on
Thank you for helping your homeless, furry friend.
Edit to say: The genuine spit take at the mario port. Agreed.
ah ha...once you mentioned this a few days ago, I was looking fwd to this video/repair....thank you!
Those X68000's were way ahead of their time as far as connectivity, and they were the source of some of the earliest computer generated anime!😁 ^___^ *EDIT:* I'm actually amazed at the graphics quality for as old as that thing is!! All cats are pretty much the same.. it's all about them, and even my 13 y.o. Tigger cat still has to spend some time in the 'kitty jail' once in a while.😸 She insists on being between me and the keyboard and of course when she stretches out, her feet are all over the keyboard, causing much havoc. Very interesting recap/restore job on this classic. New subscriber here.😉
Sharp had some great electronics in the 80s and 90s. I've got a stereo system that was made in the early 90s, and it's got amazing sound for a mid-range line audio system. It was just so well made and everything still works as good as it did when I was a kid.
That was a freakin' fantabulouso repair. I have always wondered what those machines could do. Looks great for its generation. Now I want one.
The next step after "dont turn it on take it apart" should have been "thou shalt check voltages "
43:52 HUMAN.SYS file, creepy glimpse into the future.
Love the addition of the kitty!
I believe the CPS1 arcade board was influenced heavily from the X68000 and Capcom used them to develop the games. Maybe even Street Fighter II.
Yes. Infact the Sharp x68000 SF2 actually had superior quality sound effects than the arcade at a higher sample rate. They are not cut down and sound cleaner. Which means they are the original raw files. This is best heard in the death scream which is longer.
"I'm going to kitten jail, gonna eat a lot of peaches..."
Yes! More Ben Heck videos! I can't be happier :)
Nice job on the restoration. I really like the catamaran design of the machine. The insides remind me of the Atari TT030.
I love finding those old monitors that have vga, composite, svideo inputs and also speakers built in. Especially the built in speakers, saves quite a bit of room in the game room having it all in 1. That HP screen really got around too, found several here at Goodwills.
Hahahaha that Moulder impression really made me laugh. Spot on! Kudos!!
Omg your mulder and scully impressions were spot on!
"You wear a cross, uh, this is just like, uh, that,uh, I have faith in aliens, uh."
"Omg mulders gone so now I have to believe in aliens I guess"
😆 🤣 😂
Ben: *pulls out a via*
Ben: Explains why he's NOT using a desoldering iron
I consider my Hakko FR-301 worth every cent. It turned desoldering from D: to :D
yeah, same thing man. i do professional board repair and wouldnt do it without my fr-301
I use a spring loaded pump - works faster and more reliable for me. I'm sorry but this is quite a how not to video.
Yes I agree!!. Too much heat on those vias. The least he could have done was to cut the caps off and just work with the remaining soldered bits. And ofc a desoldering gun or at a very least a pump and some flux for godsakes!
@@deathcube2006 One thing I learned from watching Louis Rossman's videos: There's no such thing as too much flux. Magical soldering goo.
@@jaysonl a paul of flux.
Now this channel has 2 of my favourite things. Electronics AND Kittens. I hope he's out of kitty jail now.
This thing is bad ass, so many great arcade ports. I think some of those same games were developed on this, but I might be misremembering something. I know they frequently have power supply issues.
EDIT: After some light Google-Fu, it does seem like Capcom developed a lot of the CPS stuff on this.
It was a nice little computer, too. Pity it never made much of a splash.
Good find on that one!
I had a similar issue with a Kenwood TS-711A transceiver a couple weeks ago. It was only putting about 3 watts of power out, but it should have been 25 watts. At first I thought it was the Power Amplifier module (which for this radio is getting close to unobtanium), but it was corrosion on the power connector to the PA board.
Also, now I'm gonna have Bubble Bobble music stuck in my head all day....
This is one of my main learnings from repair vids - molex connectors in old machines are shiz. Vectrex in particular seem prone to this. Nice.
"I'm raising my iron to 720...."
The entirety of european viewers : o_O
"...F"
The entirety of non-american* viewers
382.222°C
Hey, me too! I was listening from my bed while patting my dog, and thought "HOLY FUKKK WUT!"
+- 380 ° celsius
Eff Celsius. Before I step outside, I want to know exactly how hot it is. And when it's blazing here at 113F, I don't want someone telling me it's 45C. 45 degrees is for bundling up, not stripping down to Speedos like you Euros are known to do on Greek beaches.
Great video! Always found the Sharp 68000 interesting
I've always loved the look of that system.
I picked up that exact model of Sharp x68000 a few months ago! It powers on and tries reading from the floppy drive (at least). I need to solder up a VGA adapter for it before testing it further.
I love these computers.... There's just not a lot on line about them. So it pleases me to see one on your channel. Thanks
I was just remembering used to watch you and Sean Kennedy on Winamp television really miss those days wish I would’ve held onto my glass computer it was almost like $700 in LED lights back in the day in it
That kitty earned you a free Like. Well played Ben. 😻
Hey Ben I got one of those HP LCDs out of a dumpster. I had to take it apart and replace 4 capacitors on the power supply section, put it back together and it worked again.
Love your beautiful voice Ben!!
That was a great Mulder/Duchovny impression.
When I saw that molex middle pin at the beginning of the video the first thing I thought was how corroded it looked. So it was not a surprise I guess. This happens all the time with old pinball machines. Cold connections!
Aww, baby Bud. Champagne kittens are so adorable. Also, that machine really is a beast of a 16-ish bit computer. I love all the daughter boards and bridging boards. Not really something you see all that often these days in consumer electronics, so it's always fun to see them.
Awww... your new orange haired assistant is so cuuuuute!
Loved your Army of Darkness reference 😂
YOU TAKE BACK WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT FRINGE! I loved that show! 😁
Me too! There are dozens of us! Dozens I tell you!
Your the best. Bud. Keep on the greatness 🙂
Awesome work Ben! a connector! jesus!
What a machine! I always thought the best computer that used the 68000 was the Amiga 500, but now i'm not so sure!
I love seeing little Bud! Make On my Friend
Another awesome video, plus a cute kitty
RALPH: I'M GONNA WRECK IT!!!
BEN: I CAN FIX IT!
Appreciate the Dave Jones impression at 4:28.
I *love* his Scully/Mulder impression...!
Beautiful looking computer.
It's comforting to know that even super-human cyborgs from the future like Ben Heck run into the same kinds of problems with repairs as us lowly mortals :D
Fun video. Haven’t heard the Greatest American Hero theme in a while.
Excellent video.
Such a cool system! I so wished to go back in time and that Sharp and Commodore made a co-op :-) Put the AmigaOS kernel on this and share the OS between them. Would not be impossible I think although the only portability between them would have been OS friendly 68k programs. At least at first then they might join up their strengths. It could at first just be a compatibility board that took some of the Sharps quirks to the Amiga and vice versa... ah well... dreaming!
Anyway nice restoration of an awesome system!
im an Aussie and I luv ur Aussie accent! hilarious!
Kittens always steals the show 🤣 So darn cute!
we so need to see more of Bud
That is a gorgeous design
These games looked great! Cute cat :)
Love your videos for years Ben & your humour😀, it seems you’ve lost a bit of your passion though? I don’t mean that in a bad way I just hope your all good irl. Hope you well buddy
kitty, x68k, skyshark(fireshark) + fixes, what a great video :)
We had lots of that type of system in a school here in Norway.
Always thought these things looked badass, still do today. I know it was mostly a games machine but it always looked like it meant much more serious business, it's very 90s workstation-like. Would love a similar case for a PC build.
Actually they were really really popular as schools computers for word processor and coding work in Europe (particularly Netherlands area and Germanic countries). If I'm not mistaken the education market ended up outselling the Japanese commercial market.
Wow, it took about 8 mins to get Ben singing. He truly is a Greatest American Hero
Awesome video! Thanks!
Just looking at that case reminds me of AndroidArts amazing retro-concepts.
Man, will we ever see any one of those being actually built?
I mean, most likely not, but it would be hella cool.
53:33 Bud: “This can’t be right, the sound is coming from the monitor and the tower, hmmm”
wow that river city ransom port is interesting! barfing sound effects, and very unusual that in this version you can use your weapon in town, even if it cant be used to hit people. attack button does nothing in town on the pc engine cd and nes versions. the only way to drop your weapon there is to run head-first into a wall ^-^. I'll have to play through that one sometime. x68k MiSTer core is making a lot of progress lately, so hopefully soon.
Good video! this was a really interesting system. There should now be a new logo made for your channel with Bud as mascot. Just saying :D
12:00 Hudson also made a BASIC interpreter for Sharp's earlier MZ series.
What a beauty and a beast all in one.
Half the connectors are gold.. cute cat.
heh, that cat looks like a troublemaker in development. I know that face.
Dude, you had me thinking that this was a fridge from the thumbnail.
The Lone Gunmen is the best x-files spinoff. Looks like all the episodes are on TH-cam.
I need to try and score one of these the next time I’m in Den Den.
wow this is awesome, didnt even know it existed
It's the Ben and Bud hacking show!
Alternatively called The Heck & Dorb's show. :P