WTB Sharp X1 keyboard (black)

[amigo-mexicano]

Hello people!

I am looking to buy one black Sharp X1 keyboard, at a normal-decent-notebay price.

BTW, how many games need the keyboard on X1? It is needed to load the games, or they auto boot like on X68k?

Thanks in advance! 

[famiac]

Afaik the X1 needs a keyboard to tell it what device to boot from. So yeah i think it's required

[amigo-mexicano]

Thanks for the quick reply. Then yes, I need one. Been looking for a couple of days on yjapan, still no luck...

[famiac]

The x1 stuff takes forever to pop up :/

The tape drive on my CZ-801C died, so i'm waiting for another pc to pop up, as i don't know how i could fix the drive.

Just stay determined and eventually you'll find one.

Also, as an alternative, you can buy a USB to X1 adapter from the classic pc rescue committee. I'm not sure if you prefer original hardware though.

[amigo-mexicano]

The adapter looks promising, maybe using it while I get the keyboard I want. Thanks for the info!

[Opethian]

Disk games auto boot
I only have one game that needs a keyboard and that's Valis to swap disks. I think Brain Breaker needs a keyboard to play though

[famiac]

Hmm yeah good point. My memory might be failing me. My tape drive has been broken for a while.

[amigo-mexicano]

The only game I have is in fact Valis, haha so it's meant to be that I need a keyboard...

Disk games auto boot
I only have one game that needs a keyboard and that's Valis to swap disks. I think Brain Breaker needs a keyboard to play though

[Opethian]

or get a 2nd disk drive

might actually be cheaper as a working X1 keyboard will set you back over $100

[amigo-mexicano]

Ok, about the disk drive, can I use a regular 5 1/4 720k drive? Or it has to be sharp brand, has any special connector, etc..?

[Opethian]

well the first question you should ask yourself is do you have a cable? the X1 motherboard usually only has one FDD header so if your cables doesn't have 2 (shugart?) ends it wont even work.  id get one the same pinout as your current drive. I assume sharp made their own FDDs for all the systems.