FujitsuHabitat VersionHistory

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This is a complete version history for the Fujitsu Habitat client. Several different architectures were supported and these are the FM-TOWNS, the FMR, PC-9801 and Macintosh (Pre OSX).

At least for the FM-TOWNS version, the visual/audio data was stored on the CD and the client software itself was stored on floppy disk. After a certain point, instead of printing new CD's, Fujitsu would issue new floppy disks to update peoples clients (according to one of the former development team of Fujitsu Habitat).

As information regarding the Fujitsu Habitat client version numbers is scarce, the list is most likely incomplete.

August 1991 - FMR version released.

October 1991 - PC-9801 version released.

The Macintosh version of the client was released in March 1993 according to Howard Rheingold's "The Virtual Community" book, however the Fujitsu Habitat 15th anniversary history page hosted on the J-Chat website lists it as being released in February 1994. The Mac demo client also features text files which state that the client was released in January 1994.

Fujitsu Habitat Version History

Version Number	Release Date	Archived	FM-TOWNS	FMR	PC-9801	Macintosh
Beta	Possibly October 1989	No	Y	N	N	N
V1.1 L05	11th December 1989	No (but we know somebody with a CD of it)	Y	N	N	N
V1.1 L10	1990	No (Seen on Yahoo Auctions JP)	Y	N	N	N
V1.1 L11	1990	No (but we know somebody with a CD of it)	Y			N
V2.1 L10	September 1990	Yes	Y
V2.1 L11	March 1991	No	Y	Y	Y	Y
V2.1 L12	Unknown	No	Y		Y
V2.1 L13A	Circa 1994	No (but we know somebody with a CD of it)	Y