The FM-7 secured a position as a hobby machine by providing a wealth of sound capabilities (3-part harmony capability using synthesizer LSI) and a diverse range of software. The FM-7 aimed to pare down the features of the FM-8 (eliminating the bubble cassette), and thereby achieve greater compactness and a significantly lower price. In November 1982, Fujitsu announced a upper model of the FM-8 called the FM-11, and a mass-market model called the FM-7. Bubble memory did not catch on, however, and was eliminated from the standard features in the FM-7.) First use in a personal computer of bubble memory as external memory (At the time of announcement, the machine had a bubble cassette with a 32 kilobyte capacity.The provided operating systems (OS) included F-BASIC, as well as UCSD-PASCAL, FLEX and CP/M (required Z80 card option).High-resolution color graphics (640x200 dot, 8 colors selectable at each dot).

Japanese language display using Chinese character (kanji) ROM (JIS level 1 2,965 characters, optional).(The world's first use of 64 kilobit DRAM (like that in large main frame computer) in a microcomputer (64 kilobyte main memory).Equipped with two Motorola 6809 8-bit CPUs (main and sub).The FM-8 was developed by employing innovative design and state-of-the-art semiconductor technology, and was designed for use in a variety of fields, ranging from high-level hobby use, to business applications and process control. After introducing the LKIT-8 (announced in March 1977) and the NEW LKIT-8 hobby microcomputers, Fujitsu announced the FUJITSU MICRO 8 (hereafter referred to as the 'FM-8'), an 8-bit microcomputer in May 1981, as the first entry in its FM Series. This was a Fujitsu's first 8-bit personal computer (at the time it was called a 'microcomputer' rather than a 'personal computer').

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