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Fujitsu Micro 16s	Computers	Professional Computer	Japan	1983	Intel 8086	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos links oc_id source Micro 16s /media/museum/photos/fujitsu_fm16s_system_1.jpg /companies/fujitsu Fujitsu label value NAME Micro 16s label value MANUFACTURER Fujitsu label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR 1983 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE None label value KEYBOARD Full troke 98 keys with 10 function keys and numeric keypad label value CPU Intel 8086, Zilog Z80-A (standard), Motorola 68000, Intel 80286, Zilog Z8000 boards label value SPEED 8 MHz (8086), 4 MHz (Z80) label value CO-PROCESSOR Motorola 6809, MOS 6845 (Graphic video interface) label value RAM 128 KB up to 1152 KB label value VRAM 4 KB ( Characters) + 48 KB (graphics) label value ROM 8 KB (boot loader, diagnostics) label value TEXT MODES 80 chars. x 25 lines label value GRAPHIC MODES 640 x 200 pixels label value COLORS 8 label value SOUND Tone generator label value SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown label value I/O PORTS Parallel Centronics, Serial RS232, 4-channel A/D converter, RGB video, composite video, Light-pen label value BUILT IN MEDIA 1 to 4 x 320 KB 5.25'' floppy disc drives, 5 to 20 MB hard disk label value OS Concurrent CP/M-86 with GSX graphic extension, MP/M-86, MS-DOS, Unix label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit label value PERIPHERALS External 8'' or 5.25'' floppy disc and hard disc units label value PRICE $3995 with colour monitor, CP/M-86, Wordstar and Supercalc² photos links 868 title subtitle text image MAIN BOARD 8086 and Z80-A boards are plugged into the expansion slots.\ Remaining slots could be fitted with: - Extra memory boards (slot 3) - Hard disk controller (slot 4) - Multiport serial communications (slot 5) - Local area network (slot 6) /media/museum/photos/fujitsu_fm16s_mainboard_1.jpg title subtitle text image CHARACTER MODE An example of the character mode.\ Shown is a Supercalc² table. /media/museum/photos/fujitsu_fm16s_supercalc_1.jpg title subtitle text image BLOCK DIAGRAM The 8086 processor is plugged into slot 1 and the Z80-A into slot 2. /media/museum/photos/fujitsu_fm16s_diagram_1.jpg title url text Evaluation in Creative Computing magazine http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v10n3/101_Fujitsu_Micro_16s.php 888 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230608155636/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=888 2023-06-08

The Micro 16s was designed to be a powerful package of hardware and software in a professional business system. It offered a unique architectural design for the time: interchangeable microprocessors and thus operating systems. In fact most commonly used processors were Intel 8086 and Zilog Z80.

One or two processor boards could be plugged into the Micro 16s and either one could be in control of the bus, the memory, etc.
Fujitsu also planned to launch Motorola 68000, Intel 80286 and Zilog Z8000 boards.

RAM memory boards could be added, from 128 KB to 1024 KB, thanks to the new 256 K-bit RAM chips.
Fujitsu color graphics video terminal was handled by an independant video processor located onto the mainboard. A standard RGB monitor could be connected as well and used simultaneously.

With the Micro 16s, Fujitsu offered a very versatile system able to oparate all of the major microprocessors of the time, and run all existing operating systems.

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