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Fujitsu FM 77 AV SX	Computers	Professional Computer	Japan	68B09E	name image company company_name specs forum_thread oc_id source FM 77 AV SX /media/museum/photos/fujitsu_fm77-avsx_1.jpg /companies/fujitsu Fujitsu label value NAME FM 77 AV SX label value MANUFACTURER Fujitsu label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR Unknown label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE None label value KEYBOARD Full stroke keyboard JIS type with numeric keypad label value CPU 68B09E label value SPEED 2 MHz label value CO-PROCESSOR Second 68B09E at 2MHz for graphics label value RAM 192 KB , Max 448 KB (40SX)\ 128 KB , Max 192 KB (20SX) label value VRAM 192 KB (40SX) - 96 KB (20SX) label value ROM Unknown label value TEXT MODES 40 or 80 columms x 25, 40 or 50 lines label value GRAPHIC MODES 640 x 400 8 colours x 2 pages - 640 x 200 8 colours x 4 pages label value COLORS 4096 label value SOUND FM Programmable Sound Generator label value I/O PORTS 1 I/O slot, RS-232C, Printer, Joystick, mouse, Analog RGB label value BUILT IN MEDIA 2 x 3.5'' 640 KB floppy disk drives label value OS F-BASIC (Microsoft Basic) V3.4L21 label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit label value PRICE 178,000 Yen (FM-77AV40SX) - 128,000 Yen (FM-77AV20SX) 374 375 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230607062028/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=375 2023-06-07

The FM-77AV40SX was the last FM-77 series machine, Audio-Visual expansion of FM-77AV40EX.

About this computer, Nomura Hisayuki adds:
Some people said FM77AV40SX was the ultimate 8 bit computer. (Other people said that Hitachi S1 was this one.)
Its video-functions were remarkable.
- displays TV programs on it's video monitor,
- TV control from the keyboard,
- TV screen capture,
- displays subtitles on TV.
These functions were realized in the 80s!
260,000 color graphics was also marvelous.

The case colour which looked like the stone was beautiful. A lot of people called FM77AVSX a "tombstone". This PC was the last FM77 machine. So, FM77AV became a real tombstone of FM77.

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