Hardware
| Name Sort descending | Description |
|---|---|
| FACOM 613 Magnetic Tape Unit | Tape speed for this equipment was 125inch/s, but in the following year (1977), Fujitsu completed their top-performing FACOM 613A which increased tape speed to 200inch/s and achieved a data… |
| FACOM 617 Magnetic Tape Unit | . Also in 1981, Fujitsu completed the compact, inexpensive FACOM 617 and FACOM 618 which had a new operation mode called "streaming mode" suitable for backing up magnetic disks. Data transfer… |
| FACOM 618 Magnetic Tape Unit | Tape speed for this equipment was 125inch/s, but in the following year (1977), Fujitsu completed their top-performing FACOM 613A which increased tape speed to 200inch/s and achieved a data… |
| FACOM 619 Magnetic Tape Unit | Tape speed for this equipment was 125inch/s, but in the following year (1977), Fujitsu completed their top-performing FACOM 613A which increased tape speed to 200inch/s and achieved a data… |
| FACOM 621 Magnetic Drum Unit | Completed in 1960, the FACOM 621 was a magnetic drum unit used as auxiliary memory for the FACOM 222 large computer from Fujitsu. A magnetic core and magnetic drum unit were used as the main… |
| FACOM 624B Magnetic Drum Unit | The FACOM 624A and FACOM 627A were magnetic drum units from Fujitsu. They were the first to use floating magnetic heads, and were completed in 1968. |
| FACOM 628 | Drum unit, newly developed for Fujitsu's FACOM 230-25 and FACOM 230-35 mid-size general-purpose computers. The file devices available at the time were magnetic disk pack units, magnetic tape units… |
| FACOM 631A Magnetic Disk Unit | The FACOM 631 was a high-capacity magnetic disk unit from Fujitsu, and the first model, called the FACOM 631A, was completed in 1965. At the time, magnetic disk units from Fujitsu were the only… |
| FACOM 641 | Fuji Tsushinki Manufacturing Co. developed the type drum system as a new system. After a few rounds of prototyping, in 1960 they completed the FACOM 521 high-speed printer with a printing speed of… |
| FACOM 642 Line Printer | This was a line printer from Fuji Tsushinki Manufacturing Co. (currently Fujitsu Ltd.) which realized high-speed printing by using a type drum based on a new manufacturing system, and a flag bit… |
| FACOM 6421 Magnetic Disk Unit | Completed in October 1981, the FACOM 6421 was a magnetic disk unit from Fujitsu which used small diameter media with a diameter of 10.5 inches first in the world. |
| FACOM 6425 | The FACOM 6425A2, B4 and C4 were high-speed, high-capacity magnetic disk units from Fujitsu which were the first to achieve high-speed data transfer at 3Mbyte/s. They were completed in September… |
| FACOM 6450 Mass Storage System | Completed in 1980, the FACOM 6450 was a mass storage system (MSS) from Fujitsu which used 50MB cartridge tapes as a secondary storage hierarchy. With the advancement of the information society,… |
| FACOM 6453 | The FACOM 6453 was a cartridge tape library system, completed in 1986 and compatible with the Fujitsu FACOM 6475 cartridge tape unit. |
| FACOM 6455 | Fujitsu developed the FACOM 6450 mass storage system (MSS) in 1980, and the FACOM 6460 cartridge library system (successor of the FACOM 6450) in 1984. The FACOM 6453 was based on the library… |
| FACOM 6460 Cartridge Library System | In 1984, Fujitsu completed the FACOM 6460 Cartridge Library System as a successor of this system. The FACOM 6460 used newly developed special data cartridges having a memory capacity of 150Mbyte,… |
| FACOM 647 Line Printer | This was a high-speed printer for Fujitsu's large general-purpose computers. It featured a new mechanism and design, based on the proven technology of the previous FACOM 642, and had improved… |
| FACOM 6470 Magnetic Tape Unit | The FACOM 6470 was a high-performance magnetic tape unit from Fujitsu which used tape media compatible with the IBM 3480. It was completed in September 1987. Fujitsu previously had the FACOM 6475… |
| FACOM 6475 Cartridge Tape Unit | Completed in June 1985, the FACOM 6475 was a cartridge tape unit for the Fujitsu FACOM M Series. FACOM 6475 used VHS media. At the time, backing up data from magnetic disk units to magnetic tapes… |
| FACOM 6480 Magnetic Tape Unit | The FACOM 6480 was a streaming magnetic tape unit from Fujitsu which was completed in May 1981. Magnetic tape units using conventional open reel tape were equipped with a vacuum column as a tape… |
| FACOM 6480R Magnetic Tape Unit | The FACOM 6480R and 6481R were rack mount magnetic tape units for the FACOM/PANAFACOM S-3000 Series. |
| FACOM 650 Line Printer | Completed in March 1976, this line printer from Fujitsu was the first Japanese-made printer to use the train cartridge system. It achieved a high printing speed of 2,000 lines per minute with 48… |
| FACOM 651 Line Printer | This was the fastest line printer among Fujitsu's models employing the type drum system. Due to the increasing performance of information processing systems and the expanding range of tasks to… |
| FACOM 655B Line Printer | This was a compact, low-speed line printer developed for use with Fujitsu's FACOM V Series of small computers. It was completed in September 1977. |
| FACOM 661 | Fujitsu conducted its own technology development for computer peripheral equipment, and created a line of peripherals based on its own technology at the time of the FACOM 222. Around 1961, they… |
| FACOM 6621A High-Speed Magnetic Drum Unit | The FACOM 6621A was a magnetic drum unit from Fujitsu which achieved high-capacity and high-speed transfer. It was completed in 1971. The FACOM 6622K and L magnetic drum units employed the same… |
| FACOM 663 | Fujitsu conducted its own technology development for computer peripheral equipment, and created a line of peripherals based on its own technology at the time of the FACOM 222. Around 1961, they… |
| FACOM 6657A Office Printer | This was a cut paper laser printer from Fujitsu, which achieved high-quality printing by writing with a semiconductor laser. It was completed in 1982. |
| FACOM 6677B1 Office Printer | In 1985, Fujitsu developed the FACOM 6677A1/A2 with improved character expressiveness (gothic font, double-size characters, tall characters, short characters, and compatibility (Note) with line… |
| FACOM 668D Card Reader | Around 1976, Fujitsu developed the FACOM 668D card reader (with a modified connection interface) for the FACOM M Series of general-purpose computers, and the FACOM 761D high-speed card reader for… |
| FACOM 668K Card Reader | The FACOM 668K was Fujitsu's high-performance card reader for the FACOM230-5 Series and FACOM 230-8 Series. It could read 80-column cards at a high speed of 2,000 cards per minute (maximum). At… |
| FACOM 6700D | This was Fujitsu's top-of-the-line Japanese language line printer (line printer for Japanese language processing), completed in February 1983. At the time, there was a growing need for a high-… |
| FACOM 6715D Japanese Language Line Printer | This was Fujitsu's first Japanese language line printer (line printer for Japanese language processing) to employ laser-based xerography. Previous line printers, which were type-based impact… |
| FACOM 671D Card Reader | The FACOM 668K was Fujitsu's high-performance card reader for the FACOM230-5 Series and FACOM 230-8 Series. It could read 80-column cards at a high speed of 2,000 cards per minute (maximum). At… |
| FACOM 6731D Line Printer | In 1985, Fujitsu completed the FACOM 6731D with a printing speed of 1,300 lines per minute—the fastest of Fujitsu's printers using the type belt system. The FACOM 6731D became the last line… |
| FACOM 6733B Line Printer | In March 1980, Fujitsu developed the FACOM 6733A/B, a printer with outstanding cost performance which used a replaceable type belt. It was widely used with a variety of machines, including Fujitsu… |
| FACOM 681 | Fujitsu conducted its own technology development for computer peripheral equipment, and created a line of peripherals based on its own technology at the time of the FACOM 222. Around 1961, they… |
| FACOM 682 | Fujitsu conducted its own technology development for computer peripheral equipment, and created a line of peripherals based on its own technology at the time of the FACOM 222. Around 1961, they… |
| FACOM 687K Card Punch | Most card units were developed in pursuit of higher-speed, but with the dissemination of computers and online processing, a need arose for compact, easy-to-handle card devices for the FACOM 230-25… |
| FACOM 6908A Japanese Language Line Printer | In 1983, Fujitsu developed the FACOM 6907A, which increased printing speed to 200 lines per minute by using 5 heads. And in 1987, Fujitsu developed the FACOM 6908A which achieved both high-speed… |
| FACOM 690D Card Punch | The FACOM 690D was developed for the FACOM M Series, based on the FACOM 683G card punch for Fujitsu's FACOM 230-5 Series and 8 Series of general-purpose computers. Punch speed (250 cards/second)… |
| FACOM 6982A Japanese Language Line Printer | The FACOM 6982A Japanese language line printer was developed for Fujitsu's FACOM V Series of small computers, and was equipped with 4 printing heads, which origin were the 24-dot serial printers… |
| FACOM 701 | Fujitsu conducted its own technology development for computer peripheral equipment, and created a line of peripherals based on its own technology at the time of the FACOM 222. Around 1961, they… |
| FACOM 731S Card Reader and Line Printer | The FACOM 731S was developed to meet these needs. In a single console, it provided a card reader -- using the vertical feed system for reading 12 rows simultaneously, with a read speed of 300… |
| FACOM 749A Tape Reader | The interface for connecting between these tape readers and the computer main unit varied depending on the computer model, so special-purpose tape readers were developed for the FACOM 222/241 and… |
| FACOM 749E Tape Reader | The interface for connecting between these tape readers and the computer main unit varied depending on the computer model, so special-purpose tape readers were developed for the FACOM 222/241 and… |
| FACOM 766A Tape Punch | Other models were developed by combining the mechanical part of the tape punch and a stand equipped with a built-in power supply. These included: the FACOM 763A for the FACOM 222, the FACOM 766A… |
| FACOM 775A Tape Reader/Punch | Fujitsu developed numerous devices of this type, including the FACOM 748A/E, FACOM 749A/E and FACOM 750A paper tape readers, and the FACOM 766A and FACOM 767A paper punches. With the dissemination… |
| FACOM 801A | The FACOM 801A was a crucial input/output device for the FACOM 230-10, and, in addition to online features, also had offline capabilities such as electric typewriting, tape copying and bill… |
| FACOM 856 Magnetic Disk Unit | The FACOM 856 magnetic tape unit was the type with movable disk access head, and was developed as an auxiliary memory device for the FACOM 241D computer. This unit was comprised of a magnetic disk… |
Contact Us
- Contact: Aaron C. Sylvan,
Board Chair - Address: IT History Society
534 Third Avenue
Suite 1248
Brooklyn, NY 11215 - Email: info@ithistory.org
