Sharp X1 Manuals
As time goes on it is becoming harder and harder to locate documentation for retro machines. There are many sites whose aim was to document and preserve this information but many fall by the wayside as people age or move on, which clicking on many old links will show.
At the risk of duplication this section provides access to all the manuals and schematics I can find, which may be present on other sites, along with a list of valuable links still operating.
As the X1 was never officially exported (which is a crying shame as it was much more advanced than the MZ series of the time) most of the documentation is written in Japanese (Hiragana, Katakana or Kanji - Hiragana and Katakana are simplified Japanese characters easier to learn and write, Kanji is the pictograms, of which there are many thousand, dating back thousands of years).
To translate Japanese into your language, I recommend the use of Google Chrome either it’s realtime web translation or Google Translate where you can copy and paste Japanese text and translate as needed.
The table below contains all the manuals I have located to date which are needed for the X1. Unfortunately the Sharp Television division were very coy with their schematics, unlike the computer division who made the MZ series wth all their manuals containing full schematics and service manuals.
The Sharp X1 Turbo II schematics arent available even after trawling through hundreds of web sites in search of them! The Turbo II is a redesign of the Turbo Model 30 using more custom VLSI ICs to cut costs so it is possible to use the CZ-852 circuits and deduce what is happening.
The Sharp X1 Turbo II schematics arent available even after trawling through hundreds of web sites in search of them! The Turbo II is a redesign of the Turbo Model 30 using more custom VLSI ICs to cut costs so it is possible to use the CZ-852 circuits and deduce what is happening.
Some X1 schematics can be found in the Oh! MZ & Oh! X and I/O magazines published by Soft Bank which are only online in places like the Internet Archive and some models, such as the X1 TurboZ you can still locate the service manuals which contain them.
The table below contains all the documents I have been able to locate which are needed if you intend to work with the Sharp X1.
Manuals
| Manual | Language | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CZ-856C Application Manual | Japanese | X1 Turbo II Application Manual. |
| CZ-856C BASIC Reference Manual | Japanese | X1 Turbo II BASIC Reference Manual. This manual is needed if you intend to program in BASIC on the X1. |
| CZ-856C Instruction Manual | Japanese | X1 Turbo II Instruction Manual. |
| CZ-856C Lexicon WordPower Manual | Japanese | X1 Turbo II Lexicon/WordPower Manual. The X1 came with a built in Japanese dictionary application and this manual provides details for its use. |
| CZ-856C Users Manual | Japanese | X1 Turbo II User Manual. All the details of the X1 and its functionality. |
| CZ-880C Service Manual | Japanese | X1 Turbo Z Service Manual. All the details and schematics to repair a Sharp X1 Turbo Z machine. |
Schematics
| Schematic | Description |
|---|---|
| CZ-800C (X1) Rev.4 | Sharp X1 Circuit Diagrams first published in the I/O Magazine. |
| CZ-851C/852C | Sharp X1 Turbo Model 20/30 Circuit diagram first published in the Oh! MZ magazine. |
| CZ-850C/851C/852C | Sharp X1 Turbo Model 10/20/30 Circuit diagram first published in the I/O magazine. |
| CZ-8RL1 | Sharp X1 Data Recorder Circuit Diagram first published in the Oh! MZ magazine. |
Links
| Site | Language | Description |
|---|---|---|
| X1 Center | Japanese | A very informative site on X1 details and repairs. Use Google Chrome and in the top left corner you will see, in Japanese, Use Frames Yes/No, click on No - ie the following underlined characters to ensure Google translates the site. フレーム有り／無 し |
| Sharp Museum by Oh!Ishi | Japanese | A comprehensive museum of all Sharp computer products. Use Google Chrome and click on the X1/X1 Turbo links for further details. |
Credits
Where I have used or based any component on a 3rd parties design I have included the original authors copyright notice within the headers or given due credit. All 3rd party software, to my knowledge and research, is open source and freely useable, if there is found to be any component with licensing restrictions, it will be removed from this repository and a suitable link/config provided.
Licenses
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