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+title: MICRONIQUE Victor Lambda
+categories:
+- Computers
+types:
+- Home Computer
+origins:
+- France
+years:
+- '1980'
+cpus:
+- Intel 8080 A
+params:
+  name: Victor Lambda
+  image: /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_lambda_noir.jpg
+  company: /companies/micronique
+  company_name: MICRONIQUE
+  specs:
+  - label: NAME
+    value: Victor Lambda
+  - label: MANUFACTURER
+    value: Micronique
+  - label: TYPE
+    value: Home Computer
+  - label: ORIGIN
+    value: France
+  - label: YEAR
+    value: '1980'
+  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
+    value: |-
+      None\
+      Basic Level II (Microsoft Basic v4.7) and EDU-Basic (french Basic) available on tape
+  - label: KEYBOARD
+    value: |-
+      QWERTY, chicklet keyboard\
+      53 keys
+  - label: CPU
+    value: Intel 8080 A
+  - label: SPEED
+    value: 2 MHz
+  - label: RAM
+    value: 16 KB (4698 bytes free when Basic Level II loaded)
+  - label: ROM
+    value: 2 KB
+  - label: TEXT MODES
+    value: 12 x 17
+  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
+    value: 112 x 78 in 4 colors
+  - label: COLORS
+    value: '8'
+  - label: SOUND
+    value: 1 voice, 4 octaves
+  - label: I/O PORTS
+    value: 2 joystick sockets, RGB video output, RS232 in option
+  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
+    value: Tape recorder (1500 bauds)
+  - label: POWER SUPPLY
+    value: Integrated power supply
+  - label: PRICE
+    value: 449 (France, december 82)
+  tabs:
+  - photos
+  - adverts
+  - hardware
+  - software
+  - emulators
+  - links
+  photos:
+  - title: THE BLACK VICTOR LAMBDA
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: This is the first "french model". It's just an Interact computer with a scart video connector and a built-in PSU.
+    image: /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_lambda_noir.jpg
+  - title: LES ENVAHISSEURS !
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: 'This is the Victor Lambda playing a space-invaders clone : "Les Envahisseurs"...'
+    image: /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_lambda_noir_space_invaders.jpg
+  - title: THE WHITE MODEL
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: 'This model represents a new step in the Victor / Hector family : the new case is white and all the following Micronique models will be white two. This will also be the last model to have this awful keyboard.'
+    image: /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_lambda_blanc.jpg
+  - title: MECHANICAL KEYBOARD
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: This model has a mechanical keyboard. This is the first amelioration made by Micronique from the first Interact Computer. Of course, there is still the integrated tape-recorder.
+    image: /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_lambda_meca.jpg
+  adverts:
+  - title: FRENCH ADVERT (1980)
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: This french advert dated may 1980, shows the first model sold in France. It was called Victor Lambda and the company name was Lambda Systemes. This model was nothing more than an Interact computer, sold with an english documentation and a NTSC television !
+    image: /media/museum/pubs/lambda-systemes_victorlambda_pub_svm752.jpg
+  - title: FRENCH ADVERT (OCT. 1980)
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: FRENCH ADVERT (1982)
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/pubs/micronique_victor-lambda_pub_qui-dit-mieux_1.png
+  hardware:
+  - title: THE CONTROLLERS
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: Ok, they are ugly. But they are originals ! The joystick has 8 directions and there is a fire button. But the special feature is the knob at the top of the stick to play pong or breakout games. And this means that the Hector have analogic/numeric convertors and that it's possible to conceive very interesting devices.
+    image: /media/museum/hardware/joystick.jpg
+  screenshots:
+  - title: ASTEROIDES
+    subtitle: Surely an asteroid clone
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_asteroides.gif
+  - title: BASE SPATIALE
+    subtitle: A space game
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_base_spatiale.gif
+  - title: CHESS
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_chess.gif
+  - title: CONCENTRATION
+    subtitle: A classic memory game
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_concentration.gif
+  - title: LE DONJON HANTÉ
+    subtitle: An adventure game
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_donjon_hante.gif
+  - title: GLOUTON
+    subtitle: A pac-man clone
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_glouton.gif
+  - title: HIBOU TAQUIN
+    subtitle: A memory game
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_hibou_taquin.gif
+  - title: SOUS-MARINS
+    subtitle: A classic submarine game
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_sousmarins.gif
+  - title: LE BAROUDEUR
+    subtitle: Sounds like a Dungeon & Dragon type game
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_baroudeur.gif
+  - title: BOMBARDEMENT
+    subtitle: Apparently you must destroy buildings
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_bombardement.gif
+  - title: COMBAT
+    subtitle: Classic game...
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_combat.gif
+  - title: CRAZY 8
+    subtitle: A card game ?
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_crazy8.gif
+  - title: LES ENVAHISSEURS
+    subtitle: A very playable space-invaders clone
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_envahisseurs.gif
+  - title: GRENOUILLE
+    subtitle: A Frogger clone
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_grenouille_2.gif
+  - title: LE PENDU
+    subtitle: A hangman game
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_pendu.gif
+  emulators:
+  - title: DCHector
+    url: http://dchector.free.fr/
+    platform: Windows
+    text: Excellent Interact/Hector emulator !
+  - title: MESS - Interact, Hector1, Victor, 2HR, 2HR+, HRX, MX40, MX80
+    url: HTTP://WWW.MESS.ORG/
+    platform: Multiplatform
+    text: All machines are emulated since 0.136 and Disc2 until 0.141 by Yo_Fr
+  links:
+  - title: Hector - l'ordinateur français!
+    url: http://hectorvictor.free.fr/
+    text: French website dedicated to Hector / Victor Lambda computers
+  comments:
+  - author: Michael Marcotte (USA)
+    date: Monday 15th March 2021
+    text: I got one when they first came out in the 80''s. Did BASIC programs. Played games. Made upgrade to 64K and RS 232 interface. May still have it. My brother is looking for it.
+  related:
+  - /museum/micronique-hector-hrx
+  - /museum/micronique-hector-mx
+  - /museum/micronique-victor-hector-1
+  - /museum/micronique-victor-hector-2hr-2hr
+  oc_id: 151
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230609144115/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=151
+    date: '2023-06-09'
+---
+
+The Victor Lambda is in fact an american computer : the [Interact](/museum/interact-home-computer-system/).
+
+A french company (based in Toulouse), Lambda Systemes, bought the rights to sell the system in France under its own name in 1980. The Victor Lambda was born...
+
+If you got tapes for the Interact or Victor Lambda (or Hector/Victor), please contact us. We are trying to save all programs released for this computer before there are lost forever.
+
+<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>