Difference between revisions of "Exelvision EXL100"

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EXL100 with infrared keyboard and joysticks

The EXL 100 is a computer released in 1984 by the French brand Exelvision, based on the TMS 7020 microprocessor from Texas Instruments.

This was an uncommon design choice, as almost all home computers either used 6502 or Z80 microprocessors.

But it was justified by the fact that the engineering team behind the machine came from Texas Instruments France.

CPU: TMS 7020 at 4.9 MHz
Graphics chip: TMS 3556 (40 x 25 character text mode, 320 x 250 pixel graphics mode, 8 colors)
Sound: TMS 5220 (with speech synthesis in French)
Storage: cartridge port, cassettes, optional floppy disk drive
Memory: 34 KB RAM (2 KB RAM + 32 KB Shared VRAM), 4 to 32 KB ROM
Keyboard: AZERTY layout and infrared link

Exelvision Exeltel

Exelvision Exeltel II

A version with an integrated V.23 modem named Exeltel was released in 1986.

It competed with the Oric Telestrat and the Thomson TO9+, other computers designed for France's Minitel network.

An US version of the Exeltel was then developed for USWest, the Exeltel II.

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 The EXL 100 is a computer released in 1984 by the French brand Exelvision, based on the TMS 7020 microprocessor from Texas Instruments.
-This was an uncommon design choice (at the time almost all home computers either used [[MOS 6502|6502]] or [[Z80]] microprocessors) but justified by the fact that the engineering team behind the machine came from Texas Instruments France.
+This was an uncommon design choice, as almost all home computers either used [[MOS 6502|6502]] or [[Z80]] microprocessors.
+But it was justified by the fact that the engineering team behind the machine came from Texas Instruments France.
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