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X68000
The X86K ran an operating system similar to MS-DOS, developed for Sharp by Hudson, called Human68K, which seems to have identical commands to MSDOS (typed in English). Output of the commands is a mix of English, and Japanese Kanji and Kana. Earlier versions had a GUI called "VS", and later versions used SX-WINDOWS (not to be confused with Microsoft Windows, the interface was very different). This operating system could be booted from floppy disk or possibly the system's harddrive. Games also booted from floppy disk, often containing a cut-down version of Human68K.
The system also featured 2 soft eject 5.25" floppy drives, or in some of the compact models, 2 3.5" floppy drives, and a very distinct case design of two connected towers, divided by a carrying handle. Also, this system was one of the first to feature a software controlled power switch, where pressing the switch would signal the system's software to save and shutdown, and usually the screen would fade to black and sound would fade to silence before the system turned off.
External link
- Japanese Computer Emulation Centre (http://www.jcec.co.uk)ja:X68000