This was the generic name for products in the lower end group of the "A (Ace) Series" of 32-bit super minicomputers from Fujitsu and Panafacom (currently PFU). This group started with the A-30, A-50 and A-70, which were announced in April 1987, and also included the A-60, A-80 and A-100, which featured enhanced performance and expanded main memory capacity, and the A-80HR and A-100HR high-reliability systems which housed duplicate equipment in a single cabinet.
The Compact A models were released under two brands: FACOM (the Fujitsu brand), and PANAFACOM (the Panafacom brand). The FACOM brand was changed to FUJITSU after April 1990, and the PANAFACOM brand was changed to PFU after April 1987.
| A-30 | A-50 | A-70 | A-60 | A-80 | A-100 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announcement date | April1987 | May 1988 | October 1990 | ||||
| CPU | Proc- essor |
MC68010 10MHz |
MC68020 16.7MHz |
Proprietary CPU | MC68030 20MHz |
MC68030 25MHz |
MC68040 25MHz |
| Cache memory | - | 16KB | 32KB | 64KB | 64KB | 64KB | |
| Memory unit | Memory element | IC memory | |||||
| Memory capacity | 1-8MB | 2-18MB | 4-24MB | 4-52MB | 8-56MB | 8-64MB | |
| Error checking | ECC (1bit automatic error correction, 2bit error detection) | ||||||
| OS | SX/AR (UNIX System V) | ||||||
