--- title: MICRONIQUE Victor / Hector 2HR / 2HR + categories: - Computers types: - Home Computer origins: - France years: - '1983' cpus: - Zilog Z80 A params: name: Victor / Hector 2HR / 2HR + image: /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_2hr_1.jpg logo: /media/museum/logos/micronique_victor2hr_logo.gif company: /companies/micronique company_name: MICRONIQUE specs: - label: NAME value: Victor / Hector 2HR / 2HR + - label: MANUFACTURER value: Micronique - label: TYPE value: Home Computer - label: ORIGIN value: France - label: YEAR value: '1983' - label: END OF PRODUCTION value: 1986 ? - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE value: |- 2HR : None, Basic available on tape\ 2HR+ : Basic Level III integrated in ROM - label: KEYBOARD value: |- Mechanical keyboard, 53 keys\ QWERTY then AZERTY (fall 1983) - label: CPU value: Zilog Z80 A - label: SPEED value: 5 Mhz - label: RAM value: 48 KB, 20 KB left for the user when Basic III loaded - label: ROM value: 4 KB - label: TEXT MODES value: 40 x 22 - label: GRAPHIC MODES value: |- 112 x 78 with 8 colors\ 243 x 231 with 4 colors - label: COLORS value: 16 (8 colors, 2 brightness) - label: SOUND value: 1 voice, 4 octaves - label: SIZE / WEIGHT value: 47 x 27 x 10 cm - label: I/O PORTS value: |- 2 joystick sockets\ Video output (Scart, Secam)\ Centronics, Rom pack, Disc-drive on the same port - label: BUILT IN MEDIA value: Tape recorder (1500 baud transfer rate) - label: PRICE value: |- 2HR :876 (France, october 83)\ 2HR :669 (France, january 84)\ 2HR+ : 716 (France, november 84) tabs: - photos - adverts - hardware - software - emulators - links forum_thread: 164 photos: - title: VICTOR 2HR subtitle: '' text: Its name is still Victor, but the logo has changed... The tape-recorder keys are also different from the first Victor 2HR. Note the expansion port on the left side of the computer. image: /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_2hr_4.jpg - title: HECTOR 2HR subtitle: '' text: Well, now it's the name that changes ! Victor becomes Hector... image: /media/museum/photos/micronique_hector_2hr_1.jpg - title: HECTOR 2HR+ subtitle: '' text: Something is different, guess what ? The keyboard is AZERTY ! But the main difference of the 2HR+ is that the Basic is now built-in ROM. No more tape to load each time you want to program something... image: /media/museum/photos/micronique_hector_2hr_plus_4.jpg - title: HECTOR 2HR+ subtitle: '' text: Around 1985, the Hector 2HR+ was produced with a kind of metal colored case, something like "bronze-grey-purple". image: /media/museum/photos/micronique_hector_2hr_plus_2.jpg adverts: - title: FRENCH ADVERT. subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/pubs/micronique_pub_peche.jpg 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/micronique_controller_1.jpg - title: MISC. HARDWARE subtitle: '' text: Joysticks, printer cable, B&W and color modulator, Basic ROM add-on for the 2HR... image: /media/museum/hardware/micronique_accessoires_1.jpg - title: SOME DOCUMENTATION subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/hardware/micronique_docs.jpg - title: DISC 2 subtitle: Double disk drive text: |- Here is the DISC2, the double disk-drive for the Victor / Hector computers, produced around 83. Isn't it big ?! But it was aboveall quite expensive ! 6500 fr for one 200k disk-drive... In fact, the DISC2 specifications are not very clear and it seems that there were several versions produced... In 83, the disk-drive capacity seems to be 200k whereas in 85 there are two versions : 360k et 720k. Anyway, they are both 5"1/4 disk-drives and the operating system runs under CP/M 2.2. image: /media/museum/hardware/micronique_disc2_1.jpg - title: DISC2 subtitle: Another picture text: |- Here is what a Hector advert says about the Disc 2:\ \- Intelligent disk drive (!)\ \- 64k RAM, 4k ROM\ \- CP/M 2.2 Operating System\ \- The "DISC2 communication system" (COS) only takes 1k in the Hector memory.\ \- Sold with 1 or 2 disk-drives\ \- A second Disc2 can be connected to the first one\ \- Capacity from 167.936 characters to 671.744 characters. Apparently the Disc2, was conceived to be used with the HRX (and the MX of course), but the advert offers free adaptation of the 2HR+ for a Disc2 purchased. image: /media/museum/hardware/micronique_disc2_2.jpg - title: DISC2 subtitle: First model text: Here the "DISC2" logo differs from the later versions. image: /media/museum/hardware/micronique_disc2_3.jpg - title: DISC2 PROTOTYPE subtitle: '' text: Michel Henric Coll, the man behind the Hectors, presents the Disc2 prototype in 1983. image: /media/museum/hardware/micronique_disc2_proto.gif screenshots: - title: BUDGET subtitle: makes use of the High Resolution text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_budget.gif - title: F1 subtitle: makes use of the High Resolution text: A classic auto race game image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_f1.gif - title: PIEGE subtitle: makes use of the High Resolution text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_piege.gif - title: TAXIS subtitle: makes use of the High Resolution text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_taxis.gif - title: LE DRAGON DU DONJON subtitle: makes use of the High Resolution text: Maybe the most beautiful game for the 2HR... image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_dragon_du_donjon.gif - title: DEMO HR subtitle: makes use of the High Resolution text: This looks like a demonstration of the High Resolution. It must have been on the Demo tape... image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_hr.gif - title: POKER subtitle: makes use of the High Resolution text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_poker.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 related: - /museum/micronique-hector-hrx - /museum/micronique-hector-mx - /museum/micronique-victor-hector-1 - /museum/micronique-victor-lambda oc_id: 152 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230608215256/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=152 date: '2023-06-08' --- The 2HR (HR for High Resolution) is the successor of the [Victor / Hector 16k models](/museum/micronique-victor-hector-1/), but this time is conception is entirely french. The machine has been completely redesigned and this new model is then more powerful. This is in fact a completely new machine with more memory and high-resolution. It is still compatible with the 16k models in a "model 1" mode choosen at the start-up menu.