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Icemanfr@sdf.org

#retrogaming game of the day is the 3rd episode of Kunio-Kun series : Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (1990) by SPS on #X68000

uvlist.net/game-158018-Downtow

If the export name is City of Ransom, you know the series for Renegade, a classic arcade Beat'em all. But this one was only on the Japanese platforms

Universal Videogame ListDowntown Nekketsu Monogatari (1990) by SPS X68000 gameDowntown Nekketsu Monogatari is a single player beat 'em up, role-play video game for X68000, created by SPS and published in 1990 by Sharp.
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Charlie Balogh

Yes, I know, I could have 3D printed something, but I really lack the space for a 3D printer, and I have too many tools I barely use anyway. Plus I don't have experience in designing these kind of things - although would be very interested, but not having a printer is kinda demotivating. This was just way faster and simpler - for now.

On a related note and looking sharp - used the white-on-black labels to add some other matching labels here and there.

Added a matching white-on-black label on the back machine, to match the modified power supply. The previous power-output for the monitor is now a generic input. The previous power input is blanked off.
Changed my usual "CHARLIE" name tag on the bottom of the keyboard from black-on-white to white-on-black. People often find if funny, that I label all my stuff with my name, but honestly, if you're involved in organizing as many events as I am, and you mix-and-match your gear a lot with stuff from others, and people misplace your stuff all the time or accidentally pack it with someone else's stuff, this is the best thing you can do to get it back...
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Charlie Balogh

Still wrapping up some small projects after the holidays. This time, I put the X68000 USB mouse adapter I built previously into a case.

The small plastic box I bought for this is slightly too big, but I padded it with some foam I had at hand. Proper zip-tie engineering results in good enough stress reliefs. Add some white-on-black labels to make it look... SHARP. (Sorry...)

Not too bad for a first try and it still works - the Arduino survived the surgery.

Empty small "generic" plastic case with the lid removed on a white desk. It's about 6 x 4 x 2.5 cm in size.
The small case with the Arduino-Nano based X68000 USB mouse adapter built into. Also visible the modifications made to the plastic to accompany the USB port.
The case closed up, and the adapter assembled. It has white-on-black labels that say "CHARLIE, X68K TO USB MOUSE" and "USB MOUSE ONLY".
The X68000 assembled, to test the adapter if it survived moving it into a case. It did. The X68000 is running a Paint app (Matier) that shows "Hello! :)" written on the screen with the mouse, with a colorful background.
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Charlie Balogh

What feels like an eternity ago, I started building an Arduino-based USB mouse adapter for my Sharp X68000. I managed to get it working today.

It's based on Zuofu's Mouse and Keyboard Adapter, but modified to support the mouse port, as I do have an original keyboard. But even if I hoard an original mouse later, I'll probably prefer a modern optical mouse. A black Raspberry Pi mouse works just fine.

First time I can use the Human 68k Visual Shell! cc: @spook

Closeup shot of the adapter, work-in-progress. Some wires are already soldered in, but the USB shield is not soldered on yet.
Big work-in-progress mess on the desktop. The Arduino programmer serial adapter is hooked up, the soldering iron is hot, and there are other various tools required for the work.
Device-under-test. The X68000 Expert HD is on the desk now, with the original keyboard, and the adapter with a black Raspberry Pi mouse. The Human68k 2.0 Visual Shell is running from a floppy disk, with several windows open, that require the use of the mouse. It works!
"Final" modification of the adapter for now, with some zip-ties added as stress relief on the cabling.
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Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙

I'm working on an expansion card for the Sharp #X68000 computer and the best technical reference for it is the book Outside X68000. It's in Japanese and while there's a site that has a translation, it's low res and doesn't show the English in the page context. After trying some translation tools the best result by far is Google Translate's image translation. It's tedious uploading every page image individually but the translation is very good. Here's the IO section: picog.us/docs/x68k/outside-x68

Two book pages side by side. The original Japanese version is on the left, and the English translated version is on the right. There's a waveform diagram at the bottom of each page.
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