Fujitsu
FM Towns II
Introduction
The FM Towns II computer came in a few configurations, displayed here is the FM Towns II Laptop, which had a built in CD-ROM, a 3.5" disk drive and all the specifications of the FM Towns computer, but now ran on the Intel 80486DX2 CPU @ 66MHz.
A desktop version of the FM-Towns II with separate screen also exists.
The FM-Towns Architecture was, like the Sharp X68000 series, serious about graphics. The system had hardware sprites, and could display up to 1024 sprites on screen simultaneously, each sprite being 16x16 in 16 colors. There was 128KByte of memory reserved for sprites. Although advanced, the Sharp X68000 had even better sprite hardware for serious action gaming.
Released
1995
Country
Japan
Brand
Type
FUJIT FM Series
Name
FM Towns II
CPU Class
80x86
CPU
Intel 80486DX2 @66MHz
Memory
4MB RAM, 36MB Max
Sound Chip
Rico RF5c68 / Yamaha YM2612
Sound
6 Channel FM, 8 channel 10-bit PCM, 1 channel 16-bit 44.1kHz PCM
Display Chip
none
Display
720x512 32k/16M colors
Sprites
1024 16x16 Sprites in 16 colors
System OS
Towns OS / WIndows 95B / ORS2
Original Price
unknown
Related Systems
Fujitsu FM Series
FM
Towns II
(1995)
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