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‎Matra Alice 32

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‎Matra Alice 32

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‎Later models

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‎Later models

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 Released in 1984, it shared the case style of the original, but was a different computer inside, due to using the EF9345 video chip instead of the weaker Motorola 6847. This gave it higher resolution semi-graphic mode 320 x 250 pixels max in 8 colours. The Alice 32 had 8 kilobytes of main RAM, 8 kilobytes of dedicated video RAM, and 16 kilobytes ROM (the ROM incorporated an assembler). The CPU was clocked at 1 MHz.
-Due to the difference in graphics coprocessor between the Alice 4k and the Alice 32/90, as well as the RAM, software written in assembly for one machine was incompatible with the other.
+Due to the difference in graphics processor between the Alice 4k and the Alice 32/90, as well as the RAM, software written in assembly for one machine was incompatible with the other.
 However, programs written in Basic 1.0 remained relatively compatible, provided that instructions specific to the Alice 32/90 were not used.

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	Due to the difference in graphics coprocessor between the Alice 4k and the Alice 32/90, as well as the RAM, software written in assembly for one machine was incompatible with the other.		Due to the difference in graphics coprocessor between the Alice 4k and the Alice 32/90, as well as the RAM, software written in assembly for one machine was incompatible with the other.
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		+	However, programs written in Basic 1.0 remained relatively compatible, provided that instructions specific to the Alice 32/90 were not used.

	===Matra Alice 90===		===Matra Alice 90===

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 ===Matra Alice 32===
-Released in 1983, it shared the case style of the original, but was a different computer inside, due to using the EF9345 video chip instead of the weaker Motorola 6847. This gave it higher resolution semi-graphic mode 320 x 250 pixels max in 8 colours. The Alice 32 had 8 kilobytes of main RAM, 8 kilobytes of dedicated video RAM, and 16 kilobytes ROM (the ROM incorporated an assembler). The CPU was clocked at 1 MHz.
+Released in 1984, it shared the case style of the original, but was a different computer inside, due to using the EF9345 video chip instead of the weaker Motorola 6847. This gave it higher resolution semi-graphic mode 320 x 250 pixels max in 8 colours. The Alice 32 had 8 kilobytes of main RAM, 8 kilobytes of dedicated video RAM, and 16 kilobytes ROM (the ROM incorporated an assembler). The CPU was clocked at 1 MHz.
 ===Matra Alice 90===
-Released in late 1984, it was an upgrade to the Alice 32, which featured 32 kilobytes of RAM and a full-size case and keyboard. Its video cable included video-in, so EF9345 graphics could be overlaid onto the input video.
+Released in 1985, it was an upgrade to the Alice 32, which featured 32 kilobytes of RAM and a full-size case and keyboard. Its video cable included video-in, so EF9345 graphics could be overlaid onto the input video.
 ===Matra Alice 8000===
-Released in 1985 as a prototype preseries of 125 machines, it was a more powerful machine with two CPUs, an MC6803 at 1.2288 MHz and an Intel 8088 at 5MHz. It had 64KB of RAM.
+Released as a prototype preseries of 125 machines, it was a more powerful machine with two CPUs, an MC6803 at 1.2288 MHz and an Intel 8088 at 5MHz. It had 64KB of RAM.
 == Links ==

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 *[[Media:MC6803 CPU datasheet.pdf|Motorola MC6803 CPU datasheet]]
 *[[Media:MC6847 MOS Video Display Generator (Motorola).pdf|Motorola MC6847 VDG datasheet]]
-*[[Media:EF9345 datasheet.pdf| SGS-Thomson EF9345 datasheet]]
+*[[Media:EF9345 datasheet.pdf| SGS-Thomson EF9345 datasheet]] same graphics processor as in the [[Minitel]]
 *[http://alice32.free.fr/ DCAlice] Emulator for Windows and collection of 86 programs and games
 *[https://youtu.be/YhLn5F0Am_g TOP 30 GAMES for the Tandy MC-10 and Matra Alice 4k] by [[Olipix]]

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 The Alice is distinguished by its bright red casing. Functionally, it is equivalent to the MC-10, with a SCART connector replacing the RF modulator for video output and an AZERTY keyboard instead of QWERTY.
-The Alice never became a popular computer in its home country. It tried to invade schools by being part of the country's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing_for_All Plan Informatique pour Tous] ("Computing for All") programme, but Thomson won the whole deal.
+The Alice never became a popular computer in its home country. It tried to invade schools by being part of the country's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing_for_All Plan Informatique pour Tous] ("Computing for All") programme, but [[Thomson]] won the whole deal.
 The original model had 4 kB of RAM and used a Motorola 6847 video display generator chip, as used in the Dragon 32 and Acorn Atom among others.

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-[[Image:Matra Alice all.jpg|600px|right|thumb|Alice, Alice 32 and Alice 90]]
+[[Image:TRS-80 MC-10 Microcomputer.jpg|right|thumb|Tandy TRS-80 MC10]]
-[[Image:Alice 8000 lateral.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Alice 8000]]
+[[Image:Matra Alice all.jpg|500px|right|thumb|Alice, Alice 32 and Alice 90]]
 The Matra & Hachette Ordinateur Alice is a home computer sold in France beginning in 1983.

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 == Later models ==
-The Matra Alice 32, released in 1983, shared the case style of the original, but was a different computer inside, due to using the EF9345 video chip instead of the weaker Motorola 6847. This gave it higher resolution semi-graphic mode 320 x 250 pixels max in 8 colours. The Alice 32 had 8 kilobytes of main RAM, 8 kilobytes of dedicated video RAM, and 16 kilobytes ROM (the ROM incorporated an assembler). The CPU was clocked at 1 MHz.
+===Matra Alice 32===
-The Matra Alice 90, released in late 1984, was an upgrade to the Alice 32, which featured 32 kilobytes of RAM and a full-size case and keyboard. Its video cable included video-in, so EF9345 graphics could be overlaid onto the input video.
+Released in 1983, it shared the case style of the original, but was a different computer inside, due to using the EF9345 video chip instead of the weaker Motorola 6847. This gave it higher resolution semi-graphic mode 320 x 250 pixels max in 8 colours. The Alice 32 had 8 kilobytes of main RAM, 8 kilobytes of dedicated video RAM, and 16 kilobytes ROM (the ROM incorporated an assembler). The CPU was clocked at 1 MHz.
-The Matra Alice 8000, released in 1985 as a prototype preseries of 125 machines, was a more powerful machine with two CPUs, an MC6803 at 1.2288 MHz and an Intel 8088 at 5MHz. It had 64KB of RAM.
+===Matra Alice 90===
 == Links ==