FM Towns

The FM Towns (Fujitsu Micro) is a product sold in Japan between 1989 and 1997 computer system.

History

It was built by Fujitsu and was based on the hardware of the then current PCs but are not compatible with the device. Although the unit for the period around 1990 had a very good technical equipment, including already a CD -ROM drive, long before this got into the market in the rest of the PC, it was never known beyond Japan and is now an extreme rarity. The importance of the device shows up but the fact that many computer games of the early 90s were ported to the system - usually of higher quality (eg, more colors, better sound).

Naming

The name " FM Towns " still comes from the used development code name: " Townes ." This was a tribute to the Nobel Prize winner in physics in 1964, Charles H. Townes. This was followed by Fujitsu 's own tradition to name PC products according to Nobel Prize - winners. As the system went into production, the "e" in " Townes " was dropped to a debate as " Towns" instead to emphasize of " dew -ness "; the "FM " stand for " Fujitsu Micro [computer ] ".

Hardware

  • CPU: 80386 processor with 16 MHz clock frequency, 80387 coprocessor possible
  • RAM: 1-2 MB, max. 6MB possible
  • Graphics: VGA, various video modes of 320 × 240-640 × 480 pixels, 16 to 32,768 colors simultaneously out of 4096 bis 16.7 million - depending on video mode.
  • Sound: Yamaha YM -2612 for 6 audio channels, Ricoh RF5C68 for voice output
  • Drives: 1 x 3.5 "HD floppy drive, 1 × 1 -CD -ROM drive
  • Operating System: TownsOS (based on MS- DOS, but not compatible)
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