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---
title: Fujitsu FM Towns II EX
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Home Computer
origins:
- Japan
years:
- '1993'
cpus:
- Intel i80486 DX2 66
params:
name: FM Towns II EX
image: /media/museum/photos/fujitsu_fm-town-2ex_1.jpg
company: /companies/fujitsu
company_name: Fujitsu
specs:
- label: NAME
value: FM Towns II EX
- label: MANUFACTURER
value: Fujitsu
- label: TYPE
value: Home Computer
- label: ORIGIN
value: Japan
- label: YEAR
value: '1993'
- label: CPU
value: Intel i80486 DX2 66
- label: SPEED
value: 66 MHz
- label: CO-PROCESSOR
value: Unknown
- label: RAM
value: 4 MB (up to 32 MB)
- label: VRAM
value: '1 MB srpite VRAM : 128 KB (16 x 16 pixel, 1024 maximum sprites)'
- label: ROM
value: Unknown
- label: TEXT MODES
value: 40 x 25 / 80 x 25
- label: GRAPHIC MODES
value: maximum 1024 x 768
- label: COLORS
value: 16.7 millions
- label: SOUND
value: 16 bit PCM record/playback (stereo 48 KHz, 1 voice), FM (6 channel-stereo), PCM (19.2 KHZ, 8 channel stereo)
- label: I/O PORTS
value: Bus slots (3), Overdrive slot (1), SCSI, Centronics, RS232c
- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
value: one or two 3.5'' disk-drives
- label: OS
value: MS DOS (?)
tabs:
- software
- emulators
- links
- videos
screenshots:
- title: SCREENSHOT
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to [fullmotionvideo.free.fr](http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/) for this picture
image: /media/museum/software/fujitsu_fmtowns_ss_3x3eye_1.jpg
- title: SCREENSHOT
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to [fullmotionvideo.free.fr](http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/) for this picture
image: /media/museum/software/fujitsu_fmtowns_ss_3x3eye_2.jpg
- title: SCREENSHOT
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to [fullmotionvideo.free.fr](http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/) for this picture
image: /media/museum/software/fujitsu_fmtowns_ss_amaranthiii.jpg
- title: SCREENSHOT
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to [fullmotionvideo.free.fr](http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/) for this picture
image: /media/museum/software/fujitsu_fmtowns_ss_american-ultra-quizz.jpg
- title: SCREENSHOT
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to [fullmotionvideo.free.fr](http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/) for this picture
image: /media/museum/software/fujitsu_fmtowns_ss_nobunaganoyabou-tenshouki.jpg
- title: SCREENSHOT
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to [fullmotionvideo.free.fr](http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/) for this picture
image: /media/museum/software/fujitsu_fmtowns_ss_nobunaganoyabou-tenshouki_2.jpg
emulators:
- title: FM Towns Bochs Emulator
url: http://fmbochs.emuvibes.com/
platform: Windows
text: Windows emulator
- title: UNZ Emulator & info
url: http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/townsemu/index.html
platform: Windows
text: UNZ Emulator & info
links:
- title: ASSEMBLER - FM Towns page
url: http://assembler.roarvgm.com/FM_towns_computers/fm_towns_computers.html
text: Nice page with a lot of pictures
- title: FM Towns Software Database
url: http://homepage2.nifty.com/ftowns/db/sdb.html
text: The name says it all (in japanese)
- title: FM TOWNS world
url: http://homepage2.nifty.com/ftowns/
text: Dedicated japanese site
- title: The World of FM Towns
url: http://ktj.dip.jp/towns/index_e
text: Some interesting info here
videos:
- title: FM Towns II japanese TV commercial
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkPMpmBfwfI
text: 'Length: 15 s'
- title: FM Towns japanese TV commercial
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SstlqNyuD1w
text: 'Length: 30 s'
- title: FM Towns japanese TV commercial
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9UlTdrjbr8
text: 'Length: 30 s'
- title: FM Towns japanese TV commercial
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y01Pjyin-pU
text: 'Length: 30 s'
comments:
- author: Joseph (United States)
date: Thursday 20th December 2012
text: It looks like a Macintosh, minus the optical drive.
- author: Joseph (United States)
date: Thursday 20th December 2012
text: It looks like a Macintosh, minus the optical drive.
- author: Conrad Russo (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
date: Saturday 17th March 2012
text: As far as I know there is no FM TOWNS II EX. The three FM TOWNS machines that come in this style of case that I know of are the UX, UG, and the UR. I have the latter. The UX and UG both have 386SX processors, the UX has a 386SX 16MHz, the UG has a 386SX 20MHz. The UR has a 486SX 20MHz. All three models are limited to 10MB RAM max. The only thing I can think of is you have mixed up a picture of a UX with the stats of the much later MX machine, which does indeed have a 486DX2 66MHz, although that machine tops out at a maximum of 100MB of RAM, not 32.
- author: Fork
date: Monday 24th October 2011
text: Fm stands for fart monster
- author: CLASSIFIED
date: Friday 20th August 2010
text: It looks like the tv vcr combo in my room
- author: Cal Saliki (Montreal)
date: Monday 6th January 2003
text: |-
Wow!
What a monster :D\
66Mhz, 1mb VRAM... in 1993...
related:
- /museum/fujitsu-fm-towns
- /museum/fujitsu-fm-towns-ii
oc_id: 126
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230528020020/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=126
date: '2023-05-28'
---
The Fujitsu FM TOWN II EX is the successor of the [FM TOWN II](/museum/fujitsu-fm-towns-ii/) which used an i386SX CPU instead of the i486 DX2.
Even if it is fully compatible with all PC compatibles, it was primary designed to be used as a powerful game computer. It has the common characteristics with game consoles like enhanced sound, hardware sprites and scrolling and video modes : it has in fact four video modes : 640 x 480 (1 screen of 16.7 million colors), 512 x 384 (2 screens of 32768 colors), 1024 x 768 (2 screens of 16 colors among 4096) or 1024 x7\* 768 (1 screen of 256 colors among 16.7 millions).
This computer had, as its previous models, a great success in Japan and a lot of multimedia and game applications were developped for it, but however was never launched outside Japan.
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