---
title: Fujitsu FM 16 Pi
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Portable
origins:
- Japan
years:
- '1985'
cpus:
- MBL8086L
params:
  name: FM 16 Pi
  image: /media/museum/photos/fujitsu_fm16pi_1.jpg
  company: /companies/fujitsu
  company_name: Fujitsu
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: FM 16 Pi
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Fujitsu
  - label: TYPE
    value: Portable
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Japan
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1985'
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: Basic or Level II COBOL (Microfocus)
  - label: CPU
    value: MBL8086L (8086 compatible)
  - label: SPEED
    value: 5 MHz
  - label: RAM
    value: 128KB - 448KB (depending on models)
  - label: VRAM
    value: 16KB
  - label: ROM
    value: 256KB for System Software, 256KB for Font
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 80x25 , 80x20 , 80x11 (ASCII), 40x25 , 40x20 , 40x11 (ASCII), 80x11 (KATAKANA) , 40x11 (KANJI)
  - label: SOUND
    value: monophonic square wave sound in any frequency
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: 297W x 210D x 76H mm / 2.9 Kg
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: 3.5 inch FDD driver port, printer, RS-232C, barcode reader
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: Microcassette
  - label: OS
    value: CP/M 86
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: NiCd battery , 8V AC Adapter
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: 3.5 inch FDD driver port, printer,RS-232C,barcode reader
  comments:
  - author: Yuri (Russia)
    date: Saturday 31st March 2018
    text: |-
      Video about Fujitsu FM-16 Pi:\
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v$AIR1ksTvWlc$t$0s
  - author: leskovez (Russia)
    date: Wednesday 21st May 2014
    text: |-
      This was an A4 size portable personal computer for business from Fujitsu. It was announced in April 1985, and had the following features:\
      A4 size portable machine (29.7cm wide, 21.0cm deep, weighing a light 2.9kg)\
      16-bit CMOS CPU (80C86) with low power consumption (Could be used with 3 power supplies: AC100V, NiCd battery, or car battery)\
      Large liquid crystal screen (640x200 dot) capable of displaying 440 kanji (40 characters x 11 lines) and 2000 non-kanji characters\
      High-capacity memory (128/288/448 kilobyte main memory, 384 kilobyte CMOS mask ROM for CP/M-86 OS and dictionary etc.)\
      Equipped standard with JIS level 1 kanji ROM (453 JIS non-kanji characters and 2965 JIS level 1 kanji)\
      BASIC and COBOL supplied on ROM cartridges as basic software\
      Equipped standard with microcassette for auxiliary memory\
      This machine was developed based on concepts which were revolutionary at the time. It was a forerunner of later laptop machines. However, because it was commercialized too early and used the CP/M-86 OS, it was only used in certain specific fields such as data entry.
  - author: Yuri (Russia)
    date: Saturday 12th April 2014
    text: If someone owns the laptop let me know. Laptop needed for the museum of computer technology. leskovezATmail.ru
  - author: Yuri (Russia)
    date: Saturday 12th April 2014
    text: If someone owns the laptop let me know. Laptop needed for the museum of computer technology. leskovezATmail.ru
  oc_id: 383
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230531223001/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=383
    date: '2023-05-31'
---

Laptop version of the [FM 16 Beta](/museum/fujitsu-fm-16-beta/)

Contributors: Hisayuki Nomura