Fujitsu FM Series
FM 8
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Fujitsu FM-8

The FM-8 (Fujitsu Micro 8) is a personal computer developed and manufactured by Fujitsu in May 1981. It was Fujitsu's second microcomputer released to the public after the LKIT-8 kit computer, and the first in the "FM" series. The FM-8 was an early adopter of bubble memory technology.

The FM-8 would later be replaced by two new models in November 1982 – the FM-11, aimed at businesses and the FM-7 aimed at the mass market.

CPU View - Motorola 6809

The Motorola 6809 is an 8-bit microprocessor with some 16-bit features. It was designed by Motorola's Terry Ritter and Joel Boney and introduced in 1978. Although source compatible with the earlier Motorola 6800, the 6809 offered significant improvements over it and 8-bit contemporaries like the MOS Technology 6502, including a hardware multiplication instruction, 16-bit arithmetic, system and user stack registers allowing re-entrant code, improved interrupts, position-independent code and an orthogonal instruction set architecture with a comprehensive set of addressing modes.

Technical Details
Released 1981 Country Japan Brand Fujitsu Type Fujitsu FM Series Name FM 8 CPU Class 6809 CPU 68A09 @1.2MHz, 6809 @1MHz Memory RAM: 64kB
ROM: 48kB
VRAM: 48kB
Sound Chip none Sound Beeper Display Chip 68A09 for Video Display 640x200 8 color Best Color 8 colors Graphics 620x200 in 8 colors Sprites n/a System OS F-BASIC Original Price ¥218000
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Fujitsu FM-8
Wikipage for the Fujitsu FM-8
Motorola 6809 CPU
Wikipage about the Motorola 6809 CPU and compatibles