---
title: SOBRELEC Totus
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Professional Computer
origins:
- France
years:
- '1982'
cpus:
- Z80
params:
  name: Totus
  image: /media/museum/photos/sobrelec_totus_1s.jpg
  company: /companies/sobrelec
  company_name: SOBRELEC
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: Totus
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Sobrelec
  - label: TYPE
    value: Professional Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: France
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1982'
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Full-stroke AZERTY keyboard numeric keypad
  - label: CPU
    value: Z80
  - label: SPEED
    value: Unknown
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: Unknown
  - label: RAM
    value: 64 KB
  - label: ROM
    value: Unknown
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 80 x 25
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: Unknown
  - label: COLORS
    value: 9'' black & green built-in display
  - label: SOUND
    value: Unknown
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: Unknown
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: Unknown
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: 2 x 5.25'' disk-drives (370 KB)
  - label: OS
    value: CP/M
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: Built-in power supply
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: Unknown
  - label: PRICE
    value: 27 500 FF HT (France, 1984)
  tabs:
  - photos
  forum_thread: 1064
  photos:
  - title: TOTUS
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/sobrelec_totus_1.jpg
  oc_id: 1094
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230608091214/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1094
    date: '2023-06-08'
---

Extremely rare french portable computer!

Sobrelec was based in Bretagne, near Brest (France). It was founded by Marcel Richard, former Thomson engineer, in 1974. They used to produce goods for Thomson or Marine Nationale (french Navy). They also produced the [LX-500 and LX-525 computers](/museum/logabax-lx-500-series/) for Logabax.

At the Sicob 1982 exhibition they presented their first own computer : the Totus. It is luggable system, quite similar to the [Osborn 1](/museum/osborne-corp-osborne-1/), with a bigger screen though, and two 370 KB 5.25'' built-in disk drives.

Apparently it was mainly used by accountants in Bretagne, while moving from farms to farms.

<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>