Fujitsu FM-7 emulators
The FM-7 was a home computer created by Fujitsu, first released in 1982 and sold only in Japan. It was a stripped down version of the earlier FM-8, which was aimed primarily at businesses.
The FM-7 is 6809-based, similarly to the TRS-80 Color Computer by Radio Shack; some software is compatible with both systems. However, the FM-7 featured two 6809 chips, dedicating one solely to the graphics.
It also features an enhanced version of Microsoft's Color BASIC called "F-BASIC". F-BASIC's additions to the standard Microsoft CoCo BASIC include the Japanese character set (katakana, and a few kanji), block graphics, three-voice music and the ability to have graphics appear on the default text screen.
Throughout the 80s, several models of the FM-7 were released, featuring slight improvements, with the most recent being released in 1988.
Emulators
Name | Operating System(s) | Latest Version | Active | Recommended |
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XM7 | Multi-platform* | V3.4L77SX | ✗ | ✓ |
MAME | Multi-platform | 0.266 | ✓ | ✗ |
* The latest version is only available for Windows, but earlier versions are available for other platforms.