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title: Fujitsu FM R 70
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Professional Computer
origins:
- Japan
years:
- '1988'
cpus:
- Intel 80386DX
params:
  name: FM R 70
  image: /media/museum/photos/fujitsu_fmr70_1.jpg
  company: /companies/fujitsu
  company_name: Fujitsu
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: FM R 70
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Fujitsu
  - label: TYPE
    value: Professional Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Japan
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1988'
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: None
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: |-
      JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) keyboard (117 key)\
      or "OYAYUBI-shift" Keyboard\
      or Extended Emulator Keyboard (for terminal emulation)
  - label: CPU
    value: Intel 80386DX
  - label: SPEED
    value: 16 MHz (succeeding model had an i386/25MHz)
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: Cirrus Logic CL-GD video subsystem, Math coprocessor
  - label: RAM
    value: 584 KB + 2 MB extended RAM up to 10 MB
  - label: VRAM
    value: VRAM; Graphic VRAM 512KB + Text VRAM 16KB
  - label: ROM
    value: 16KB
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 80 columns x 25 lines (2byte-KANA 40x25) 24dot KANA/KANJI-character
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: 1120 x 750 dots
  - label: COLORS
    value: 16 colours from a 4096 color palette
  - label: SOUND
    value: Built-in PC speaker
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: 47 (W) x 38.5 (D) x 12.5 (H) cm / 18 kg
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: 3 expansion slots, 2 memory slot, Serial RS-232C, Parallel Centronics, FDD-I/F, SCSI-I/F
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: 2 x 5.25'' floppy drives or 1 x 3.5''+ 1 x 5.25''. 3.5'' 40 MB HDD (probably SCSI)
  - label: OS
    value: MS-DOS
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: Built-in PSU
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: Thomas Conrad ethernet adapter.
  - label: PRICE
    value: From $2998 to $3995 according to versions
  comments:
  - author: Conrad Russo (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
    date: Monday 26th March 2012
    text: The FMR-50, the predecessor to this machine, was actually the basis for the famous and fabled FM-TOWNS system. It is even possible to use FMR-50 expansion cards with the FM-TOWNS, provided you used a simple passive adapter. The ethernet card in my FM-TOWNS II UR is an FMR-50 ethernet card connected to an adapter. As far as I know, some FMR-50 will run unmodified on the FM-TOWNS as well.
  oc_id: 328
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230208073702/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=328
    date: '2023-02-08'
---

FM R 70 wasn't just an expensive IBM Compatible, but a very sophisticated machine at its time featuring some newly added features common to most modern computers today. In example:\
• It came stock with 584 KB Base Memory, and 2MB of Extended RAM Memory (in newly developed SIMMS).\
• It featured a newly developed Cirrus Logic CL-GD video subsystem, adapted by many proprietary manufacturers of the late 1980's early 1990's.\
• It featured an i386-DX processor, as well as an optional mathematics coprocessor.\
• It ran at about 16Mhz and ran MS-DOS and any variations of PC Compatible software, as well as Miscrosoft Windows.\
• It used the AT style Keyboard, 2 5" Floppy's, or one 3.25 Floppy and one 5" floppy, VGA/VESA technology and ISA bus.\
• It also featured a Thomas Conrad ethernet adapter.

Preceding i286 processor models was called **FM-R60** (high-resolution model) and **FM-R50** (standard 640x400 dot resolution model).

R60 and R50 had a sub-model with HDD (FM-R60HD /FM-R50HD) and without HDD(FM-R60FD/FM-R50HD).

Mainly, these machines were used as a terminal of Fujitsu M-series(M-3xx/7xx) mainframe, with a **F6650** connection card (interface card) and a **F6680** emulator software.

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