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===Matra Alice 32===
Released in 19831984, 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.
===Matra Alice 90===
Released in late 19841985, 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.
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