MANU's aMAZING MARVELLOUS MICROs

Some great posts there from Al and of course Klyde.

Really, really enjoyed reading the full details of what these marvellous micros can do and as you say, Al, the speech synthesis really stood out on that tennis game for the Exelvision. The Hector was pretty cool too - that Dungeon adventure looked like it was pretty good for the day and generally speaking I was impressed that the french home micro market seemed pretty much as varied as the UK one (from say 83-86), ie you certainly had more choice than just a Sinclair, Commodore or Amstrad. No doubt just like the UK, the smaller manufacturers couldn't keep pace with the big boys and in the end the big 16bit hitters from Atari and Commodore went on to dominate the market and the rest... like the dinosaurs, just died off one by one.

The main thing here is that everyday is a learning experience and I doubt any of us here outside of France, had any idea that you guys had so many makes and models which were completely different from our own so it is fascinating to see them and learn about their capabilities... anyone for an ALICE then?? Al??

Or maybe you're feeling like a bit of Mad Dog, Paul, and are tempted by a Thomson??



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Thank you once more, Klyde - great explanations, examples, clips and anecdotes - a thoroughly enjoyable thread and we lurved our visit to see you guys nearly a year ago (gawd, the time has flown by) so it truly was a case of everyone's a winner.

Merci beaucoup!

 

It's a nice read, but I'm not tempted to get any more computers these days. That might change if I see a super cheap Atari 400, but I doubt that is going to happen

 

How about a 400 Mini when they go under £50 Paul? Although I have hardly touched mine I'm glad I bought it anyway as it looks so cool next to it's (very) big brother Atari 800.

This is a really interesting thread so far, loving Klyde's collection.

 

More Alice here....

 

A 400 mini at sub 50, yeah, I'd have one purely for the model.

 

Thanks for posting, Al.

Just watched that inbetween the olympics coverage and I enjoyed it a lot.

I think we've all learn a lot about Alice and the early IT days/systems in France.
I remember Minitel in the office of my ex-fiancee's parent's home and they quite liked their little Ceefax type system through the phone lines.
Brought it all back to me and I see it finally ended in 2012 (we split in 2008 so it lasted a bit longer than us!)
Cheers, Al.
Cheers, Manu - all very interesting stuff.