The X68030 Pro was the successor of the X68000 XVI Compact. It was the last evolution of the X68 series.
It was followed by the X68030 Compact which used 3.5" floppy disks instead of the 5.25".
There were lots of hardware developments on this computer, in particular an accelerator card based on the Motorola 68040 or 68060.
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NAME
X68030 / 68030 Compact
MANUFACTURER
Sharp
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
Japan
YEAR
1993
KEYBOARD
Full-stroke keyboard
CPU
Motorola MC68030
SPEED
25 MHz
RAM
4 MB (up to 12 MB)
VRAM
512 KB (text) + 512 KB (graphic)
ROM
1 MB
TEXT MODES
Unknown
GRAPHIC MODES
256 x 240 / 256 x 256 / 512 x 240 / 512 x 256 / 512 x 512 / 640 x 480 / 768 x 512 / 1024 x 1024 / 128 sprites (16 x 16 dots)
COLORS
65535 (16 colors in 1024 x 1024 to 65K in 512 x 512)
SOUND
FM Sound (Yamaha 2151 : 2 channels / 8 octaves stereo) + PCM (OKI MSM6258V : 4 bit mono)
I/O PORTS
Joystick (2), Audio IN / OUT, TV Control, NTSC Video Image I/O, Expansion (2), External FDD, SCSI, RS232
BUILT IN MEDIA
X68030 : 2 x 5.25'' disk-drives X6030 Compact : 2 x 3.5'' disk-drives
