#micronique

[yodaprod]

Hector HRX, Micronique (1983)

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European Home Computers (part 2 of 2)

Is it just me, or are the graphics of these European computers on display here focusing on different color pallets than the American counterparts? Jeremie Marsin & Thierry Mazzoleni sure went to the trouble of showcasing a wide variety of manufacturers. 

Oh, and there is one machine here I actually recognize: the Matra-Hachette Alice 32, the bright red Tandy MC-10 clone.  I had a dwarf hamster in high school named after its successor, the Alice 90.  Jeremie & Thierry said they would try to find one to bring in the future.

“Following our French Computers exhibit from last year, we will expand to all Europe this year with microcomputers from the 1980s and 1990s. France, the U.K., Italy, and possibly even the U.S.S.R. will be represented with machines from Amstrad, Exelvision, Matra-Hackette, Micronique, Olivetti,Philips, Radiola, Schneider, Sinclair, and Thomson.”

[commodorez]

European Home Computers (part 1 of 2)

You would be amazed at how many computers Jeremie Marsin & Thierry Mazzoleni can cram into an exhibit.  There are so many, I’m having to split this into two posts!  Many of these machines required power and video signal conversion, or dedicated PAL monitors in order to work correctly.  The 1980s European home computer ecosystem is so very different than anything I’m familiar with. 

“Following our French Computers exhibit from last year, we will expand to all Europe this year with microcomputers from the 1980s and 1990s. France, the U.K., Italy, and possibly even the U.S.S.R. will be represented with machines from Amstrad, Exelvision, Matra-Hackette, Micronique, Olivetti,Philips, Radiola, Schneider, Sinclair, and Thomson.”