r/sharpx68000 • u/Tvel4 • Aug 16 '26

Sharp x68000 wanted

Anyone have one for sale?

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u/promk1ng Aug 16 '26

What variant are you looking for?

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u/Tvel4 Aug 16 '26

Something as close to this as I can find:

Sharp X68000 XVI CZ-634C, preferably:

  • fully serviced/recapped
  • original PSU rebuilt or replaced with a quality modern PSU solution
  • both 5.25” floppy drives serviced and working
  • 4 MB+ RAM
  • modern internal/external SCSI storage such as BlueSCSI/RaSCSI/ZuluSCSI
  • original keyboard and mouse
  • clean original case with no major yellowing/cracks

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u/promk1ng Aug 16 '26

How much do you have to spend?

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u/Tvel4 Aug 17 '26

Looking to spending between $1300 and 1800, depending

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u/promk1ng Aug 17 '26

To be honest with that budget.
That’s about what a broken system would go for.

I have a recapped, serviced expert with a blue scsi. Has a midi, ram expansion card installed as well. I have both, bluescsi, and flip flop installed on it. The drives work, but on this spare system I use the flip flop, I have 4 systems.

Would this be your first system?

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u/Tvel4 Aug 17 '26

It would indeed be my first X68000. I can DM you to get deeper into the conversation about it, if that works?

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u/j0wy Aug 18 '26

This is how much a "working" system would go for without any extra RAM, recaps, PSU, or any additional mods. I ended up learning how to repair OG X68000's to avoid the huge prices, haha.

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u/Cyo_The_Vile Aug 19 '26

That system spec cost around $1800 5 years ago. Expect to shell out significantly more.

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u/Tvel4 Aug 19 '26

Ok sounds like I need to up my budget--! I'll do that if I can find one.

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u/mrp00pers Aug 18 '26

Where are you located? I need to part with mine at some point. Its re-capped, new PSU, dual 5.25" floppies.

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u/Tvel4 Aug 18 '26

I'm in the Seattle area. Are you in the US?

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u/mrp00pers Aug 21 '26

I'm in Bellevue!

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u/Tvel4 Aug 21 '26

Oh wow! I am 10 minutes away-- ha! I'll DM you. Maybe we can work something out!

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u/Tvel4 Aug 20 '26

I also have a Panasonic FS-A1WSX MSX2+ that I could offer in addition to cash (if anyone is looking for one).