[[Image:TRS-80 MC-10 Microcomputer.jpg|right|thumb|Tandy TRS-80 MC10]][[Image:Matra Alice all.jpg|600px500px|right|thumb|Alice, Alice 32 and Alice 90]]The Matra & Hachette Ordinateur [[Image:Alice is a home computer sold in France beginning in 1983. It was a clone of the TRS-80 MC-10, produced through a collaboration between Matra and Hachette in France and Tandy Corporation in the United States8000 lateral.jpg|right|thumb|Alice 8000]]
The Matra & Hachette Ordinateur 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 outputhome computer sold in France beginning in 1983.
It was a clone of the TRS80 MC-10, produced through a collaboration between Matra and Hachette in France and Tandy Corporation in the United States. The TRS80 MC-10 itself was a stripped down version of the Tandy CoCo. 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 ] ("Information technology Computing for everyoneAll") programme, but [[Thomson ]] won the whole deal. Less than 50 games were released for the system.
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.
== Later models ==
The ===Matra Alice 32, released === 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. Higher resolution graphic modes included 320 X 192 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 16 colors from the other. 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=== Released in 1985, it was an upgrade to the Alice 32, which featured 32 kilobytes of RAM and a 256 color palettefull-size case and keyboard. Its video cable included video-in, so EF9345 graphics could be overlaid onto the input video.
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.8000===
The Matra Alice 8000, released in 1985Released as a prototype preseries of 125 machines, it was a more powerful machine with two CPUs, a 6803 an MC6803 at 4,9152MHz 1.2288 MHz and a an Intel 8088at 5MHz. It had 64KB of RAM.
== Links ==
*[https://alice.system-cfg.com/ Le (wiki) d'Alice] Alice Wiki*[http://alice32.free.fr/documentation/index.html Documentation Alice]*[[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 EF9645 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]]*[https://youtu.be/du5enAwBLow Je vous dis tout sur ALICE, sans tabous !] [https://youtu.be/a4Do6LXfoSs L'imprimante thermique Alice] by [[Olipix]]
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