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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
Fujitsu FM 11 BS	Computers	Professional Computer	Japan	1984	MBL 8088	name company company_name specs tabs screenshots links related oc_id source FM 11 BS /companies/fujitsu Fujitsu label value NAME FM 11 BS label value MANUFACTURER Fujitsu label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR February 1984 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE F-Basic86 delivered on disks label value KEYBOARD Complete professional keyboard with function keys and separated numeric keypad (JIS standard). 98 keys. label value CPU MBL 8088 label value SPEED 8 MHz label value RAM 256 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 (2 screens), 640 x 200 (4 screens) with 8 colours label value COLORS 16 label value SOUND Beeper 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 CP/M, CP/M 86, MS-DOS label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU label value PRICE Unknown software links 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-ex /museum/fujitsu-fm-11-pub /museum/fujitsu-fm-11-pub-2 381 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230609051123/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=381 2023-06-09

The FM-11 BS is a FM-11 EX without the 6809 cpu, only the 8088 remains. This was considered as an heresy by FM-11 fans. The FM-11 EX was already an hybrid machine introducing an 8088 CPU along the 6809 microprocessor caracterizing the FM-11 series. Thus removing the 6809 from the FM-11 architecture was indeed an additional step forward IBM PC compatibility which was not to fans liking.

Thanks to its 8088 CPU, the FM-11 BS can run CP/M and CP/M 86 and MS-DOS operating systems. Contrary to first FM-11 systems (from 1982), the FM-11 BS is equiped with Chinese characters ROM (JIS Level 1 Kanji, Level 2 available in option).

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