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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
Fujitsu FM 11 AD 2	Computers	Home Computer	Japan	1984	MBL 6809E	name company company_name specs tabs photos screenshots links related oc_id source FM 11 AD 2 /companies/fujitsu Fujitsu label value NAME FM 11 AD 2 label value MANUFACTURER Fujitsu label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR 1984 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE F-Basic available on disk label value KEYBOARD Complete professional keyboard with function keys and separated numeric keypad (JIS standard). 98 keys. label value CPU MBL 6809E label value SPEED 2 Mhz label value RAM 128 KB (up to 1 MB) label value VRAM 192 KB label value ROM 24 KB label value TEXT MODES 40 x 20, 40 x 25, 80 x 20, 80 x 25 label value GRAPHIC MODES 640 x 400, 640 x 200 label value COLORS 16 label value SOUND Unknown label value SIZE / WEIGHT 464 (W) x 360 (D) x 153 (H) mm / 13 kg label value I/O PORTS Tape-recorder interface (1600 baud), parallel/Centronics connector, RS-232c, RGB video output, Composite video output, TV (RF) video output, light-pen interface, 7 expansion slots label value BUILT IN MEDIA 1 or 2 x 5.25'' disk drives (2DD, 320 KB), optional 10 MB hard disk label value OS OS 9 Level II, Flex, UCSD-p system label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU photos software links title subtitle text image FM 11 AD2 null title subtitle text image GRAPHICAL POSSIBILITIES screenshot /media/museum/software/fujitsu_fm11ex_ss_grafs.jpg title subtitle text image Click Here for more info screenshot /media/museum/software/fujitsu_fm11ex_ss_grafs_2.jpg title subtitle text image DIFFERENT GRAPHIC & CHARACTERS EXAMPLES screenshot /media/museum/software/fujitsu_fm11ex_ss_grafs_3.jpg title url text Web Wiz CAPTCHA http://www.webwizcaptcha.com /museum/fujitsu-fm-11-bs /museum/fujitsu-fm-11-ex /museum/fujitsu-fm-11-pub 380 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230607050200/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=380 2023-06-07

The FM-11 AD2 is an evolution of the FM-11 AD. It is delivered with the OS-9 operating system.

There was also a FM-11 AD2+ model with enhanced features like 256 KB RAM instead of 128 KB.

Torsten Dittel, from Germany, adds:
Looks like the FM11 AD2 had an HD63C09EP from Hitachi installed. It was a PIN/Code compatible CMOS/3MHz version of the MC68B09E from Motorola. For licensing reasons Hitachi kept as a "secret" that it has a special native mode with additional instructions/registers/capabilities and more speed. I don't think these features were used in the stock OS-9 Level II installed.
With our CoCo3s and the CPU changed to an HD63C09EP we use a special OS-9 version called NitrOS9 to take advantage of this native mode.

Gern, from Japan, reports:
I've owned FM-11AD2, used for 3 years. Here I wanna introduce unique aspect of this wonderful machine.
One of the interesting feature of FM-11 series is CPU cards. All FM-11 without BS model equipped a couple of CPU slots and one is filled with 6809. Z80 and 8088 CPU card was available from FUJITSU. 68000 card was available from third party. CP/M-80/86 was available for each CPU cards. (But everytime system boots from 6809 ;-)
FM-11BS might be only model come with 8088.
After ST/AD/EX line-up, AD2 and BS replaced, then AD2+ followed. OS-9 was packaged with AD2/AD2+. AD2+ is supposed to be the longest one which FUJITSU manufactured because amazing multitask was appropriate for many industrial devices. When I was noticed from final lots of FM-11AD2+ from FUJITSU, over 2 following generation FM series were extinct.

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