X68000

The YM3802 was made by Yamaha and is used for controlling MIDI Data. It is also known as the MCS (MIDI Communication & Service Controller).

Technical Specifications

Using the YM3802 games like Power Dolls 2 could play their SC-55 Soundtrack

• Features an asynchronous serial communication interface
• An interface for cassette tape recording
• General purpose 8-bit parallel input/output Port
• General purpose 14-bit Timer
• 128 Byte FIFO Buffer for receiving Data
• 16 Byte FIFO Buffer for sending Data
• Detection function for the MIDI Clock from the recieved Signal
• build-in MIDI Clock

Used in

MIDI Boards

• System Sacom SX-68M (for the Sharp X68000)

Application

• You could use the SX-68M Midi Board to hook up external MIDI Synthesizers to your X68000. Some Games used this feature to play Music, for example with the Roland SC-55. Aside from games, it was used for composing and playing music.