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+---
+title: NORMEREL OPlite
+categories:
+- Computers
+types:
+- Professional Computer
+origins:
+- France
+years:
+- '1983'
+cpus:
+- Intel 8088
+params:
+  name: OPlite
+  image: /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_system_s1.jpg
+  logo: /media/museum/logos/normerel_oplite_logo_2.gif
+  company: /companies/normerel
+  company_name: NORMEREL
+  specs:
+  - label: NAME
+    value: OPlite
+  - label: MANUFACTURER
+    value: Normerel
+  - label: TYPE
+    value: Professional Computer
+  - label: ORIGIN
+    value: France
+  - label: YEAR
+    value: '1983'
+  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
+    value: None
+  - label: KEYBOARD
+    value: Standard 83-key PC-type with 10 function keys and Numeric keypad
+  - label: CPU
+    value: Intel 8088
+  - label: SPEED
+    value: 4.77 MHz
+  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
+    value: Motorola 6845 CRT controller
+  - label: RAM
+    value: 256 KB
+  - label: VRAM
+    value: 16 KB
+  - label: ROM
+    value: 10 KB (8 KB BIOS, 2 KB Char. Generator)
+  - label: TEXT MODES
+    value: 40 ot 80 columns x 25 lines
+  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
+    value: CGA - 640 x 200 dots
+  - label: COLORS
+    value: '16'
+  - label: SOUND
+    value: Beeper
+  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
+    value: 52 (W) x 38 (D) x 26 (H) cm
+  - label: I/O PORTS
+    value: RGB, video composite, SCART, FDD controller, Parallel, Serial,4 expansion slots
+  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
+    value: 1 or 2 x 5.25'' 360 KB FDD - Optional HDD
+  - label: OS
+    value: MS-DOS
+  - label: POWER SUPPLY
+    value: Built-in switching PSU
+  - label: PERIPHERALS
+    value: 720 KB disk drives, 10 MB hard drive
+  - label: PRICE
+    value: 26 590 F HT (France, may 1985) (approx. 4800 )
+  tabs:
+  - photos
+  photos:
+  - title: LARGE VIEW
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_system_s2.jpg
+  - title: SIDE VIEW
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_sideview_s1.jpg
+  - title: REMOVABLE DISPLAY
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_sepdisp_s1.jpg
+  - title: REAR PANEL
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_backpanel_s1.jpg
+  - title: REAR CONNECTORS
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: |-
+      From left to right:
+
+      • RVB connector for a CGA monitor\
+      • Composite video output\
+      • SCART connector, allows to connect a standard TV set\
+      • Floppy disk controller connector, used to manage the internal FDDs\
+      • Parallel DB25 connector\
+      • Serial DB25 connector
+    image: /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_rearcon_s1.jpg
+  - title: INSIDE
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: |-
+      **(1)** 4 PC-compatible expansion slots\
+      **(2)** 256 KB RAM (32 x 4164)\
+      **(3)** Intel 8088 processor\
+      **(4)** Reset switch. Another reset swith is located next to the expansion slots\
+      **(5)** 8 KB BIOS ROM chip (2764)\
+      **(6)** Motorola 6845 CRT controller\
+      **(7)** 2 KB character generator chip\
+      **(8)** Dual double-sided, single density 360 KB mitsubishi floppy drives.
+    image: /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_inside_s1.jpg
+  comments:
+  - author: Grosminet750 (France)
+    date: Wednesday 14th March 2007
+    text: In a desperate attempt to find new markets, Normerel started a line of TVs - I remember seeing them at a computer show but never in any shop...
+  oc_id: 1127
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230129160951/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1127
+    date: '2023-01-29'
+---
+
+Almost ten years after having conceived the [Micral](/museum/r2e-micral-n/), world first commercial microprocessor based computer, André Thi T. Truong, joined the young Normerel Company managed by his old friend Jean René Tissot.
+
+In a short time, he designed the OPlite, first computer Normerel would produce.
+
+The Oplite was a PC compatible system featuring some innovative concepts. The case held a dual floppy disk drive and a removable 9-inch display. Standard connectors allowed an external colour TV set, a RGB or composite monitor to be used. The case also provided room for four long expansion cards.
+
+To reach a high level of sales, Normerel joined together with Rank Xerox. The OPlite was thus sold in the large French 'Xerox Store's network alongside Apple, Toshiba and other well-known brands.
+
+Later, Normerel would sell several PC and AT compatible systems. They made a joint-venture with [ADDX Systèmes](/museum/add-x-systeme-smp-8/) and formed ADDX-Normerel.
+
+In 1989, the company which lost a lot of money, was bought by SMT-Goupil. Finally, Normerel closed its doors in July 1998, the same year as SMT.