Fujitsu ICL MikroMikko Indiana ActionHi M1310
I have main unit, monitor 151V, speakers, keyboard and mouse.
type computer
country Finland
year 1995
os Windows 95
cpu Intel Pentium
speed 133 MHz
ram 16 MB
disk 3,5″
hd ? MB
media cd
graphic 1024 x 768
colors 16bpp
sound yes
ports serial (2), printer, vga, keyboard, sound in/out, microphone, joystick, TV, fax/modem
The Fujitsu ICL MikroMikko Indiana ActionHi M1310 — Finland’s Multimedia PC
The Fujitsu ICL MikroMikko Indiana ActionHi M1310 was a remarkable Finnish multimedia computer of the mid-1990s — a machine that combined a fully configured IBM PC-compatible computer with a built-in television set, creating an all-in-one multimedia centre that was unique in concept and execution. As one VOGONS forum participant who worked for Fujitsu ICL at the time recalled: ”most companies had tried to get a PC screen on a TV, what Fujitsu did was get a TV screen on a PC.” The Indiana represented the MikroMikko brand at its most innovative and consumer-oriented.
The MikroMikko Heritage
The MikroMikko name has a uniquely Finnish history. The first MikroMikko 1 was released on 29 September 1981 — exactly 48 days after IBM introduced its Personal Computer, and deliberately launched on the Finnish name day of Mikko (from which the product name derived). Manufactured at a factory in Kilo, Espoo, where computers had been produced since the 1960s, the MikroMikko line went through a remarkable corporate journey: from the original manufacturer (Salora/Nokia), sold to British company ICL in 1991 when Nokia concentrated on telecommunications, and then through ICL’s acquisition by Fujitsu. Throughout all these ownership changes, ICL and later Fujitsu retained the MikroMikko trademark in Finland, recognising its strong brand recognition in the Finnish market.
The Indiana — TV Meets PC
The Indiana ActionHi M1310 was ICL/Fujitsu’s most consumer-oriented MikroMikko product — an all-in-one PC with an integrated television tuner and NICAM stereo sound that could function as both a family computer and a television set. This concept anticipated the convergence of computing and entertainment by nearly a decade, arriving at a time when the internet and streaming services that would eventually make such convergence universal were still in their infancy. The machine was designed for Finnish families who wanted both a capable PC and a television in a single unit.
End of Finnish PC Manufacturing
Fujitsu Siemens Computers (the joint venture that eventually took over the MikroMikko operations) shut down its Espoo factory at the end of March 2000, ending large-scale PC manufacturing in Finland. The Indiana M1310 represents the final chapter of a 20-year tradition of Finnish computer manufacturing that had begun with the Nokia MikroMikko 1 in 1981 — a tradition that produced genuinely innovative products and employed thousands of Finnish engineers and workers.