Ficha técnica
Historia
As the Sinclair ZX-81, the Alice was clearly marketed as an initiation machine. In 1981, Matra signed a deal with Tandy/RadioShack to develop a MC-10 clone for 1983 : the Alice. Matra then worked with Hachette (both were owned by the Lagardère group) to produce the documentation and to organize the distribution. Last but not least, the well known and excellent french illustrator Moebius drew a beautiful illustration for the docs and the box of the Alice. Alice is quite limited in its possibilities but is also quite pleasant to use. Its case is whole red and the computer really looks like a toy. Several educational programs were developed for this computer. Then in 1984, Matra presents a new version : The Alice 32 with 16 kb RAM and improved graphical possibilities. But this computer was, like the MC 10, a flop in the marketplace. It was replaced one year later by the Alice 90.
Características
Alice 32 : end of 1985 Lenguajes Basic Microsoft 1.0 (1982) Teclado AZERTY, chicklet Teclado 47 Teclas (1 SHIFT, 1 CONTROL, BREAK, ENTER) Basic statements written above each key CPU Motorola 6803 (a cross between 6800 and 6809) Velocidad 0.89 MHz Co-procesador MC-6847 Video Generator RAM Alice 4k : 4 kb, 3 kb left for user Alice 32 : 16 kb, 8 kb left for user ROM Alice 4k : 8 kb Alice 32 : 16 kb Modos de Texto Alice 4k : 32 x 16 Alice 32 : 32 x 16, 40 x 25, 80 x 25 Modo gráfico Alice 4k : 64 x 32 Alice 32 : 64 x 32, 160 x 125, 320 x 250 Colores Alice 4k : 9 Alice 32 : 9 with Basic, 32 with machine code Sonido 1 channel Tamaño/Peso 51 x 216 x 178 / 850gt Puertos de entrada/salida Expansion port (18 pins) Tape-recorder (1500 bauds) TV (7 pins DIN plug) I/O serial port (4 pins DIN plug) Fuente de alimentación 10v - 1,3A Perifericos Printer, 16k RAM expansion Precio 182 (France, dec. 83) 118 (France, july 85) 53 (France, april 87)
