---
title: Oric TELESTRAT
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Home Computer
origins:
- France
years:
- '1986'
cpus:
- MOS 6502
params:
  name: TELESTRAT
  image: /media/museum/photos/oric_telestrat_2.jpg
  company: /companies/oric
  company_name: Oric
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: TELESTRAT
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Oric
  - label: TYPE
    value: Home Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: France
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1986'
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: None (Basic on cartridge)
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: |-
      AZERTY mechanical keyboard\
      57 keys
  - label: CPU
    value: MOS 6502
  - label: SPEED
    value: 1 Mhz
  - label: RAM
    value: 64 kb
  - label: ROM
    value: 48 kb
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 40 x 28
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: 240 x 200
  - label: COLORS
    value: '8'
  - label: SOUND
    value: AY-3-8912 chipset; 3 channels, 8 octaves
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: 34,8 x 26 x 7,1 cm
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: RGB video output (Scart), Parallel / Centronics port, Serial RS232s port, 2 Joystick sockets (Atari standard), Tape-recorder, Disk-drive port, Midi sockets, Expansion port (same as Atmos), Minitel plug (serial 1200/75 bauds)
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: Disk-drive controller built-in, for Microdisc 3'' disk drive
  - label: OS
    value: Stratsed (Sedoric compatible)
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: Diskdrive, printers, cartridges, ...
  - label: PRICE
    value: |-
      608 (France, september 86)\
      907 with color monitor (France, september 86)
  tabs:
  - photos
  - adverts
  - hardware
  - software
  - links
  forum_thread: 245
  photos:
  - title: SIDE VIEW
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/oric_telestrat.jpg
  - title: COMPLETE CONFIGURATION
    subtitle: ''
    text: A Telestrat working and linked to a Minitel (french videotext terminal) and with its Microdisc disk-drive.
    image: /media/museum/photos/oric_telestrat_complet.jpg
  - title: IN ACTION...
    subtitle: ''
    text: A Telestrat with 2 catridges plugged-in (Hyper Basic and Telematic) and emulating a videotext display.
    image: /media/museum/photos/oric_telestrat_complet2.jpg
  adverts:
  - title: FRENCH ADVERT.
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/pubs/oric_telestrat_pub1a.jpg
  hardware:
  - title: MICRODISC
    subtitle: 3'' disk-drive (400k)
    text: |-
      3" Double-sided disk drive with a capacity of 400k\
      Could load 20k in 1 seconde, which was quite fast at that time.

      The name of the operating system was Stratsed and was somehow compatible with the Sedoric (Atmos OS)

      The disk controller was built-in the Telestrat, thus only "slave" disk drives had to be bought (1800fr each in 86).
    image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_telestrat_microdisc.jpg
  screenshots:
  - title: TELEMATIC
    subtitle: A videotext page
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_telestrat_microsys_ss.gif
  - title: TELEMATIC WORK
    subtitle: A telematic site structure tree
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_telestrat_arbo_ss.gif
  - title: TELEMATIC WORK
    subtitle: Transmission of the pages to the server
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_telestrat_instuc_ss.gif
  links:
  - title: Pinky
    url: http://www.troude.com/Pinky/Index.html-ssi
    text: History of server powered by a Telestrat ! With pix (french)
  oc_id: 235
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230528093011/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=235
    date: '2023-05-28'
---

The Oric Telestrat is the successor of the [Oric 1](/museum/oric-1/) and [Oric Atmos](/museum/oric-atmos/) with which it is compatible. It was launched some months after Oric was bought by Euréka, a French company in 1985.

It was designed especially for telecommunications, like the [Goupil 2](/museum/smt-goupil-2/), the [Thomson TO-9+](/museum/thomson-to-9-plus/) or the [Exeltel](/museum/exelvision-exeltel/). It was designed to be used with the Minitel (French videotext terminal): it has a special ROM (8 KB) enabling the Telestrat to act as a videotext server.

A 3" floppy disk drive was available (400 KB) which run under StradSED (the Oric operating system, compatible with the old Oric DOS).

Several ROM cartridges were developed for this machine: Midi software (unreleased), Hyper Basic (compiled basic), Telematic Basic (designed for telecommunications), etc...