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FM-TOWNS

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Overview

Introduced in 1987 by Fujitsu, the FM-TOWNS was a computer system. Its platform tag is fmtowns for proper filtering.

Technical specifications

  • CPU: Intel 80386SX running at 16 MHz with optional 486SX upgrades via expansion bus.
  • Memory: 640 KB conventional RAM plus 2 MB standard RAM and 2 MB VRAM in the FM Towns base units.
  • Display: Video subsystem supporting 320×240 up to 640×480 resolutions with 256 colors from 16.7 million and hardware video overlay.
  • Sound: Yamaha YM2612 FM chip and Ricoh RF5C68 PCM chip delivering multi-channel stereo audio.

Supported ROM extensions

bin, m3u, cue, d88, d77, xdf, iso, chd, toc, nrg, gdi, cdr, mfi, dfi, hfe, mfm, td0, imd, 1dd, cqm, cqi, dsk, zip, 7z

Emulators

  • mame (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_MAME, BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBRETRO_MAME | Incompatible extensions: xdf, m3u
  • mame (mame) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_MAME, BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_MAME | Incompatible extensions: xdf, m3u
  • tsugaru (tsugaru) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_TSUGARU | Incompatible extensions: chd, toc, nrg, gdi, cdr, mfi, dfi, hfe, mfm, td0, imd, 1dd, cqm, cqi, dsk, zip, 7z

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml