Thomson MO6

Historia

The Thomson MO6 was an 6809E-based computer introduced in France in 1986. It featured 128 KB of RAM, a 40×25 text display, and built-in Microsoft BASIC. The MO6 was available until January 1989. In Italy it was sold by Olivetti with little aesthetic changes, and named Olivetti Prodest PC128. The Thomson MO 6 was the successor of the Thomson MO 5. This machine was widely used in French schools. It was compatible with the MO 5 and the other members of its family (TO 7, TO 8, TO 9 and TO 9 plus). It has two versions of BASIC on ROM, one to be compatible with MO5 and BASIC 128 (both made by Microsoft). Almost all memory (101 KB) was accessible with BASIC thanks to a transparent 16 KB bank switching mechanism. An optional 3.5 floppy disk drive (640 KB) was available. It had a short life because soon after it was launched, the TO 8 came and challenged to it. The MO5 was also sold in Italy by Olivetti under the name Prodest PC-128

Características

Lenguajes  	2 Microsoft BASIC interpreters - MO5 compatible and BASIC 128
Teclado  	Full stroke 69 key with 5 function Teclas and arrow Teclas
CPU  	Motorola MC 6809e
Velocidad  	1 MHz
Co-procesador  	Custom Thomson gate array chip
RAM  	128 KB
VRAM  	Unknown
ROM  	64 KB
Modos de Texto  	40 or 80 chars x 25 lines
Modo gráfico  	8 modes, from 160 x 200 to 640 x 200 dots
Colores  	from 2 to 16 among 4096
Sonido  	3 channels, 7 octaves
Tamaño/Peso  	36 (W) x 31(D) x 8.5 (H) cm
Puertos de entrada/salida  	Light Pen, Joystick, Mouse, Centronics, Cartridge, External Audio, Bus, RGB
Almacenamiento interno  	Tape recorder
Fuente de alimentación  	Built-in Fuente de alimentación unit
Perifericos  	3.5 floppy disc drive
Precio  	Unknown