Fujitsu Micro 16s

Fujitsu Micro 16s

Manufacturer	Fujitsu
Release date	1983; 42 years ago (1983)[1]
Discontinued	1986 (1986)[2]
Operating system	Concurrent CP/M-86, MP/M-86, MS-DOS, CP/M, Unix
CPU	Intel 8086, Zilog Z80A @ 8 MHz, 4 MHz
Memory	128 KB up to 1152 KB
Display	640x200 resolution with 8 colors per pixel, RGB color video monitor.
Graphics	Motorola 6845
Sound	Tone generator

The Fujitsu Micro 16s was a business personal computer from Fujitsu that was launched in 1983, around the same time as the launch of the original IBM PC/XT.^[1][3][4][5] The Micro 16s used a plug in microprocessor board, and two models were offered, an Intel 8086 and a Zilog Z80 expansion board. Additional expansion boards with the Motorola 68000, Intel 80286 and Zilog Z8000 processors were also planned. Additionally it had a Motorola 6809 co-processor.

As operating systems one could choose between Concurrent CP/M-86 with GSX graphic extension, MP/M-86, MS-DOS, CP/M (for the Z80 board) and Unix.

It could support up to four 320 KB 5.25-inch floppy disk drives, and a hard disk of up to 20 MB.

It had advanced color graphics with 640x200 resolution with 8 colors per pixel, based on a Motorola 6845 video chip, and used an RGB color video monitor.

Up to 1152 KB of memory could be supported.

The Fujitsu Micro 16s series was discontinued in 1986.^[2]

See also

• Kanji CP/M-86 (1984)

References

1. Ahl, David H. (March 1984). "Fujitsu Micro 16s". Creative Computing (evaluation). 10 (3): 101.
2. "Fujitsu Announces 85Mb Disk Drive for the Series 2000". InfoWorld. News Briefs. 1986-12-01. Fujitsu also announced that it is discontinuing […] the Micro 16s Series computers.
3. Beechhold, Henry (1984-06-04). "Review: Fujitsu's Micro 16s". InfoWorld: 72–73.
4. Freiberger, Paul (1982-11-29). "Winter intro slated for Fujitsu's first micro". InfoWorld: 1, 4.
5. "Micro 16s Fujitsu". www.old-computers.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.

External links

• Micro 16s at old-computers.com Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine