Ed Oscuro
09-21-2003, 12:26 AM
This might be mine (depending if it's a good price or not, I'm pretty sure it'll turn out to be a good deal):
http://home.comcast.net/~edoscuro/sharp.jpg
Very nice condition on this system! Too bad it's not one of the black case models, but it gets the job done. There were some detail pics but I'll spare you those. Essentially, this was Japan's PC for the 1990s, built around a Motorola 68K processor. This one's the Ace HD model, which has a hard drive built in (can't tell if it's the SCSI or SASI type though). An interesting thing about these computers is that outside of a few websites you won't find anything about the system if you refer to it in your search as the "Sharp x68000," while using the actual model number (i.e. CZ-whatever) seems to give much more info. That said, here's the old-computers.com entry:
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=302
Sega Teradrive, on the other hand, is a problem for me. Somebody's selling a monitor only (the system was manufactured by IBM, so essentially it's an IBM monitor with the Sega logo) for the equivalent, supposedly, of $100. Hah. The system itself isn't much to write home about--it's a simple Intel 286 based system made in three grades of model, the best (Model 3) having a nearly overwhelming 2.5MB of RAM and a 300MB hard drive in 1991. The draw is that it's got a Sega Mega Drive built right into the front, so you can play Mega Drive and thus Genesis games on a computer monitor (perhaps the ancestor of the design philosophy behind the Sega Dreamcast's built-in VGA compatibility?)
If anybody can help me find a Teradrive, you can be guaranteed there's a reward in it :)
Again, the old-computers entry:
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=518
http://home.comcast.net/~edoscuro/sharp.jpg
Very nice condition on this system! Too bad it's not one of the black case models, but it gets the job done. There were some detail pics but I'll spare you those. Essentially, this was Japan's PC for the 1990s, built around a Motorola 68K processor. This one's the Ace HD model, which has a hard drive built in (can't tell if it's the SCSI or SASI type though). An interesting thing about these computers is that outside of a few websites you won't find anything about the system if you refer to it in your search as the "Sharp x68000," while using the actual model number (i.e. CZ-whatever) seems to give much more info. That said, here's the old-computers.com entry:
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=302
Sega Teradrive, on the other hand, is a problem for me. Somebody's selling a monitor only (the system was manufactured by IBM, so essentially it's an IBM monitor with the Sega logo) for the equivalent, supposedly, of $100. Hah. The system itself isn't much to write home about--it's a simple Intel 286 based system made in three grades of model, the best (Model 3) having a nearly overwhelming 2.5MB of RAM and a 300MB hard drive in 1991. The draw is that it's got a Sega Mega Drive built right into the front, so you can play Mega Drive and thus Genesis games on a computer monitor (perhaps the ancestor of the design philosophy behind the Sega Dreamcast's built-in VGA compatibility?)
If anybody can help me find a Teradrive, you can be guaranteed there's a reward in it :)
Again, the old-computers entry:
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=518