# 'The Thing' - FM Towns Marty FDD  emulator

Floppy disk drive emulator for Fujitsu FM Towns Marty console

- **Seller:** [Caius Arcade ](https://www.lectronz.com/stores/caiusarcade), Vietri sul Mare (Salerno), Campania, Italy
- **Price:** €93.52 (EUR, before shipping and taxes)
- **Availability:** In stock
- **Categories:** Gaming, Retrocomputing
- **Product page:** https://www.lectronz.com/products/the-thing-fm-towns-marty-fdd-emulator

## Links

- [Documentation](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ey4dma2XoW8oXUTe9s9UeC9SnNa92sNH/view?usp=sharing)

## Images

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## Description

The 'Thing' is a standalone floppy disk drive emulator for the FM Towns Marty (both 1 and 2 models),a home video game console released in 1993 by Fujitsu, exclusively for the Japanese market.'The emulator replaces the original mechanic floppy disk drive which is well known to be prone to failure and not easily serviceable.

The Thing' is totally solderless, meaning the installation is very easy.The emulator loads disk images (in .HFE format) stored on a USB pen drive (2.0 or higher) and it's powered by FlashFloppy firmware (latest stable version onboard at time of shipping).Technically speaking 'The Thing' consists of two boards. 

The mainboard which takes places of the original floppy drive :

![enter image description here](https://i.postimg.cc/d1W0BhLL/The-Thing-latest-version.jpg "enter image title here")


The DISPLAY/ROTARY board that controls the emulator allowing you to browse and mount disk images stored on the USB pen drive :

![enter image description here](https://i.postimg.cc/qv2kxd8V/IMG-20220411-202557-456.jpg "enter image title here")


The two boards interface with each other thru a ribbon cable (included in the bundle) :

![enter image description here](https://i.postimg.cc/Jz3LB5LR/IMG-20220411-202757-510.jpg "enter image title here")


![enter image description here](https://i.postimg.cc/hjSjznJ8/IMG-20220412-001049-197.jpg "enter image title here")

With this setup 'The Thing' can be fully installed internally on Marty 1/2 consoles equipped with DocBrown ODE by Deunan.

![enter image description here](https://i.postimg.cc/fbQksmDr/IMG-20220412-001005-127.jpg "enter image title here")


Consoles with original CD-ROM drive can benefit of 'The Thing' too but the DISPLAY/ROTARY board will be installed externally, a board with different layout will be provided for this purpose as well.

*****A SINGLE 0.91" OLED DISPLAY WILL BE PROVIDED TO USE WITH IT ON THE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL DISPLAY/ROTARY BOARD *****

![enter image description here](https://i.postimg.cc/m2F4gtM2/external-display-rotary-board-1.jpg "enter image title here")

![enter image description here](https://i.postimg.cc/447qzj3W/external-display-rotary-board-8.jpg "enter image title here")

## Shipping policy

Shipping is tracked, you receive the tracking number.

- No insurance.

- Item ships within 7 business days.

- Delivery is usually done within 7-15 business days.