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The FM Towns

History

The Fujitsu pavilion at Expo 85.

The FM Towns was a Fujitsu computer that excelled at gaming and released in Japan in February 1989 for 338,000 yen.[1][2]

The die of an Intel 80386DX processor, similar to the one used in the FM Towns.

The Towns part of the name is said to be a reference to Charles Hard Townes, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964.[2][3] As Charles Hard Townes invented the laser[4] , the name is perhaps appropriate for the CD-ROM based computer, which uses a laser to read optical media.

Technology

Compute

The FM Towns is powered by a 32 bit Intel 80386dx processor clocked at 16 megahertz, with a 80387 coprocessor.[2]

The FM Towns contained between 1 and 6 megabytes of RAM depending on the configuration.[1]

Hardware

The FM Towns contained a built in CD-ROM drive standard.[1]

Software

The FM Towns ran the custom Towns OS made by Fujitsu.[1]

Two models of the FM Towns II.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "FM TOWNS (1989) - Fujitsu Global". https://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/corporate/history/products/computer/personalcomputer/fmtowns.html.
  2. 1 2 3 "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=968.
  3. ↑ "Charles H. Townes Facts". https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1964/townes/facts/.
  4. ↑ "Nobel laureate and laser inventor Charles Townes dies at 99". https://news.berkeley.edu/2015/01/27/nobel-laureate-and-laser-inventor-charles-townes-dies-at-99/.

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