New blog post! Fujitsu made a wildly complicated machine in the FM-77AV2, and this one defeated me. I did narrow the problem to a bad custom chip! Come along and see the heaviest 8-bit computer I owned before I got even heavier ones. https://www.leadedsolder.com/2026/02/10/fujitsu-fm77av2-damaged-keyboard-controller-failure.html

#retrocomputing #FM77AV #fm7 #fujitsu #debugging

My de-rusted #FM7 is not yet trusted. It intermittently does not boot to BASIC, but into a blinking cursor in top left corner. I guess it is trying to boot from a disk somehow even though there is no disk controller installed. Could it be a bad DIP switch?

Some #FM7 progress. The keyboard is nicely restored and the main board is clean as new, drying out after today's bath in window cleaner and distilled water. #FromRustedToTrusted

Working on my rusted #FM7. I was getting ready to desolder the switches so that the rusted keyboard plate could be fixed but it turned out that the PCB with the switches can be unscrewed and the key/switch tops can be pushed through using a flat screw driver and a finger.

É o garbage collector passando na sua porta.

https://retropolis.com.br/2025/09/13/garbage-collector-passando-na-sua-porta/

#MundoRetro #Atari800 #AtariJaguar #Firmware #FM7 #FMTowns #FujiNet #fujitsu #GarbageCollector #GitHub #IbmPc #impressora #LaAbadaDelCrimen #Livros #MSX #PDF #RS232C #VCS2600

Episódio 163 – Dossiê Sierra – Parte A

https://retropolis.com.br/2025/05/07/episodio-163-parte-a/

#Podcast #AgathaChristie #AGI #AlLowe #AppleII #AtariSt #ColecoAdam #Commodore64 #CommodoreAmiga #CommodoreVIC20 #ControlData #CrashDosVideogames #Disney #FM7 #Frogger #HiResAdventure #IBM #IBMPCjr #JackTramiel #JimHenson #KenWilliams #KingsQuest #MysteryHouse #OnLineSystems #PC88 #PC98 #podcast #ProgrammaInternational #RadioShack #Retrocomputao #retrogaming #Retrpolis #RobertaWilliams #Sierra

Finally doing something about all the built-up gunk on the outside of my Fujitsu FM-7. A paste of oxyclean and water on a toothbrush is abrasive enough to remove it and leave the plastic alone. #retrocomputing #fm7

#オホーツクに消ゆ のオリジナル版は #PC6001 ですが、#PC8801 #PC9801 #FM7 #MSX でも出てたのね。MSXは6001に色つけた感じかなと思ったら驚きの独自CG。88/98/FM7は同じのを使いまわしだね。Switchリメイク版に全部収録なら8800円でも買ってたのだが。ファミコン版とPC-9801リメイク版もね。(ﾟ-ﾟ)b #レトロゲーム #レトロPC
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名作ミステリーアドベンチャー『オホーツクに消ゆ 北海道連鎖殺人』 https://x.gd/xRi1w

Who's played #MiracleWarriors❓

Well, did you know that in 1988, Futabasha actually released a #ChooseYourOwnAdventure book based on the #RPG's plot!?

Find out more here in #TheVideoGameLibrary:

👉 https://thevideogamelibrary.org/book/seal-of-the-dark-lord-the-demon-beast-of-pandora

#SEGA #JRPG #SegaMasterSystem #MSX #RetroGaming #Gaming #VideoGame #VideoGames #Gamer #Games #PC88 #FM7 #SharpX1 #Famicom #RiekoKodama #KogadoSoftwareProducts #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #PC #PCGaming #Nostalgia #Retro #Fantasy

Repórter Retro 096

https://retropolis.com.br/2023/09/27/reporter-retro-096/

#ReprterRetro #AcornElectron #ActionRetro #Apple #AppleIIc #Atari8bits #Bluetooth #Calculadora #Casemod #Clone #Commodore64 #Compaq #CristianoGonalves #CuriousMarc #Doom #Espanha #FM7 #gabinete #Hackaday #IBM #KIM1 #Linux #Macintosh #MarkFixesStuff #MIDI #monitor #MSOffice #MSXRio #Newton #NoelLlopis #panasonic #PCUSER486 #PDA #PowerPC #RetroComputingReboot #RISCV #SDMapper #SNES #Tandy1000 #Tandy2500XL #TechTimeTr

Quatro vídeos para um domingo preguiçoso.

https://retropolis.com.br/2023/08/13/quatro-videos-para-um-domingo-preguicoso/

#MundoRetro #Amiga #Be #BeOS #Commodore #CommodorePlus4 #Demo #Documentrio #Espanha #FM7 #fujitsu #Japo #jogo #NoelLlopis #port #Secoinsa #SistemaOperacional #Xenon2 #ZXSpectrum128

Forza Motorsport bietet seit jeher interessante Fantasiekurse. Den Beginn der folgenden Märchenreise starten wir am 4. Rennwochenende auf dem Stadtplatz in den Berner Alpen im 2009er Ferrari 458 Italia.

#DSKRACING #DSK #Exitus #Forza #ForzaMotorsport #gaming #Xbox # PC #eSports #twitch #YouTube #LiveStreaming #MachMit

PS: es ist Halbzeit und ihr dürft jederzeit mitmachen. Es ist wirklich die letzte #FM7 Saison.
Neue Saison erst wieder mit dem neuen Motorsport!

Obscure library pull of the day! 📚

Who's heard of the game "Märchen Veil"❓

Well here's a rare adventure book it got, published in Japan back in 1987:

👉https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/m%C3%A4rchen-veil-the-mystery-of-the-yokai-bernibao

#MärchenVeil #Gaming #VideoGame #NES #MSX #PC88 #PC98 #SharpX1 #FM7 #SharpMZ80B #PCGaming #RetroGaming #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #ChooseYourOwnAdventure #Nintendo #SystemSacom #TheVideoGameLibrary

Thanks for your generosity @ForzaMotorsport@twitter.com 😂 #FM7

The latest rival events for #FM7 were a blast, especially Road Atlanta with the 787B bullet and Suzuka Circuit in the rain with the grippy McLaren 😁🏁

Hockenheim my least favourite, down to the BMW GT2 driving like being on slippery rails 😅

Gleicht gehts los mit unserem #FM7 Rennen :)

(mehr dazu steht oben im Thread)

La definició de banyera mòbil s'adapta perfectament al comportament d'aquest Lola sobre els llambordins dels carrers de Praga. Demà a les 22 al canal de Twitch d'@XboxersCatalans
http://twitch.com/xboxerscatalans podreu veure la gran destrossa #ForzaRivals #XboxParlaCatalà #FM7 #FM7Share

Had some personal thing come up, so I think I missed the #MSX demos and the "Japanese Show and Tell" block on the #Demosplash stream, but I am watching the section about the #FM7 #retroComputer now :)
https://twitch.tv/scenesatlive

please recommend some #VST plugins about which i may not know or to which i may not have access!

i'm particularly interested in #synthesizers additive or subtractive.

there is a synth called #z3ta (z3ta+ 2 after it was bought by cakewalk which appears to go out of business beneath gibson) that i adore but cannot find anymore.

i also enjoyed a #nativeInstruments synthesizer called #FM7 and later #FM8 but was relatively unimpressed with #absynth; knob automation is important.

thanking you!

#FM7 よくわからない