--- title: Exelvision Exeltel categories: - Computers types: - Home Computer origins: - France years: - '1986' cpus: - TMS 7040 params: name: Exeltel image: /media/museum/photos/exelvision_exeltel_2.jpg company: /companies/exelvision company_name: Exelvision specs: - label: NAME value: Exeltel - label: MANUFACTURER value: Exelvision - label: TYPE value: Home Computer - label: ORIGIN value: France - label: YEAR value: '1986' - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE value: |- Exelcom, Exelquad, Exelspeech.\ Exelbasic+ delivered on cartridge - label: KEYBOARD value: detachable full-stroke keyboard, numeric keypad, 79 keys - label: CPU value: TMS 7040 (Texas-Instrument) - label: SPEED value: 4,9 Mhz - label: CO-PROCESSOR value: TMS 7042 (I/O) - label: RAM value: 82 kb - label: ROM value: 96 kb - label: TEXT MODES value: 24 x 40 - label: GRAPHIC MODES value: 320 x 200 - label: COLORS value: 8 colors - label: SOUND value: TMS-5220, built-in speech synthesizer - label: SIZE / WEIGHT value: 40 x 30 x 6,5 cm (main unit) - label: I/O PORTS value: Cartridge slot, exelmémoire slot, expansion slot, tape-recorder, keyboard - label: BUILT IN MEDIA value: Exelmémoire CMOS memory carts - label: OS value: Exeldos - label: POWER SUPPLY value: Built-in PSU - label: PERIPHERALS value: Exelwriter printer, RS232/Centronics/mouse/superimposing addon, Exelmouse mouse, Exeldrum, Exeldisk, Exelrecorder (tape-recorder), Exelmémoire memory carts - label: PRICE value: |- Monochrom model : 547 (France, january 1987)\ Color model : 700 (France, january 1987) tabs: - photos - hardware - software - links photos: - title: EXELTEL subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/exelvision_exeltel_3.jpg - title: MAIN BOX subtitle: '' text: 'On the right side : on/off switch and reset button. Next to them, a cartrige slot.' image: /media/museum/photos/exelvision_exeltel_box_3.jpg - title: REAR subtitle: '' text: 'On the right side you can guess the keyboard connector. Then at the back : the power socket, the expansion ports and the video cable...' image: /media/museum/photos/exelvision_exeltel_box_back_2.jpg - title: KEYBOARD subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/exelvision_exeltel_keyboard_2.jpg - title: KEYBOARD AND LOGO subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/exelvision_exeltel_logo_1.jpg - title: COMPLETE SETUP subtitle: '' text: This pictures shows and Exeltel with an Exeldisk, a tape-recorder, a mouse and a printer. The computer is actually connectef to a Teletext service. image: /media/museum/photos/exelvision_exeltel_complete_1.jpg - title: AMPER EXELTEL subtitle: '' text: |- This model was marketed by Amper in spain. Notice "ñ" key on the keyboard. Thanks to homecomputer-80 (Ebay seller) for this picture image: /media/museum/photos/amper_exeltel_1.jpg hardware: - title: CARTRIDGE subtitle: '' text: These tiny cartridges are inserted into the front slot of the computer. A majority of games and software were sold on these cartriges. image: /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_cartridge_1.jpg - title: CONTROLLERS subtitle: '' text: These joysticks use infra-red signals to communicate with the unit. image: /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exl100_manettes.jpg - title: CONTROLLERS subtitle: Infra-red transmitter text: '' image: /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_joystick-ir-sender_1.jpg - title: CONTROLLERS subtitle: Inside text: Notice the battery cell used to send infra-red signals to the main unit ! image: /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_joystick-opened.jpg - title: EXL-188 subtitle: Exeldisk prototype ? text: This extension (under the printer and the EXL-100 unit) was presented as the Exeldisk, but was never sold and finally replaced by the EXL-135. What are the differences ? image: /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exl188_1.jpg - title: CONNECTION subtitle: '' text: This shows an exledisk connected to an Exeltel through an Exelmémoire cartridge... There is also an expansion cartridge inserted (for RS232, Serial, etc...). image: /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exeldisk_back_1.jpg - title: OVERVIEW subtitle: '' text: |- Exeldrums is quite an original expansion. It plugs at the rear of the system and acts as a digital drum machine with a built-in sequencer ! It has been developped with Hohner. The EXL-100 can thus play 6 different instruments at the same time chosen from 17. There are already 16 rythm presets built-in the system, and 54 more can be created. The output is stereo and can be connected to a hi-fi through the "audio output" socket. Quite impressive. image: /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exeldrums_1.jpg - title: MODEM FOR THE EXELVISION COMPUTERS subtitle: '' text: Thanks to laretrotienda (Ebay seller) for this picture image: /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exelmodem_1.jpg - title: EXELMOUSE subtitle: '' text: |- This nice mouse can only be used with the right expansion box. Thanks to [Xavier Bonnefoy](http://members.nbci.com/soyouzfr/musee.htm) for this picture image: /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exelmouse_1.jpg - title: CONNECTORS subtitle: '' text: |- This extension, built in the same plastic box as the Exelmodem offers a serial port, a centronics port and a mouse connector. It really looks like an Exelmodem...without the modem. This expansion box was surely conceived for the Exeltel which already had a built-in modem... Thanks to [Xavier Bonnefoy](http://members.nbci.com/soyouzfr/musee.htm) for this picture image: /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_expansion_1.jpg - title: EXELMÉMOIRE subtitle: '' text: This small card can store up to 16k. It plugs at the back of the computer. 64k Exelmémoires were planned but it's not clear if they were ever sold. Note the round battery cell on the board. image: /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exelmemoire_1.jpg - title: 64K EXELMÉMOIRE subtitle: '' text: |- Normal Exelmémoire had 16k, but long-awaited 64k cartridges were sold at "the end" of Exelvision... Thanks to [Xavier Bonnefoy](http://members.nbci.com/soyouzfr/musee.htm) for this picture image: /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exelmemoire-64k_1.jpg - title: EXL-80 subtitle: Printer text: This was the official Exlevision printer, built by the CGCT. image: /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exl80_1.jpg - title: EXL-80 PROTOTYPE subtitle: '' text: |- The EXL-80 was conceived by Euroterminal and produced by the CGCT. It can be used with the Exelvision computers as well as other computers. It's a impact-matrix printer with a 9-pins printing head. The character matrix is of 7 by 9 points. It can print 100 characters / sec. and has an optimised bi-directional printing. It has 96 different characters (ASCII). The graphical resolution is 72 x 72 dpi. Printing density : 10, 12, 15 or 16.6 characters/inch\ Line spacing : 6 and 8 lines/inch\ Printing attributes : double height, double width, underline\ Printing field : 203.2 mm\ Interfaces : Parallel/Centronic, Serial V24 (otional), Videotex (optional), RS-422/RS-485 (optional), IEEE-488 (optional) image: /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exl80-prototype.jpg - title: EXELWRITER subtitle: '' text: Thanks to [Xavier Bonnefoy](http://members.nbci.com/soyouzfr/musee.htm) for this picture image: /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exelwriter_1.jpg - title: TAPE-RECORDER subtitle: '' text: This classic rebadged tape-recorder was also used by other computers, such as the Philips VG-5000... image: /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_tape_1.jpg screenshots: - title: CAPITAIN MENKAR subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_cpt-menkar_ss.jpg - title: BOOT SCREEN subtitle: Windowed menus text: '' image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_boot1_ss.jpg - title: NETWORK SERVICE subtitle: '' text: This screen shows the teletext service in action ! This is when you want to download a game. image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_serveur_1_ss.jpg - title: WIZORD subtitle: Title screen text: This game talks ! Excellent. image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_wizord_ss_2.jpg - title: WIZORD subtitle: '' text: A classic... image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_wizord_ss.gif - title: TENNIS subtitle: Title screen text: '' image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_tennis_1_ss.jpg - title: TENNIS subtitle: '' text: |- This tennis game, originaly developped for the EXL-100 by D&L, was adapted to many popular computers (Match Point on the Spectrum for example) and had great success ! The Exelvision version really talks ! Amazing. image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_tennis_2_ss.jpg - title: L'ANNEAU DE L'UNION subtitle: '' text: Adventure game inspired by "The Lord of The Ring". image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_anneau_ss.jpg - title: GOLFABET subtitle: '' text: Educative game to learn the alphabet while playing golf ! image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_golfabet_ss.jpg - title: GUPPY subtitle: Pac-Man clone text: '' image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_guppy_ss.jpg - title: OTHO subtitle: Othello game text: '' image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_otho_ss.jpg - title: ROBIX subtitle: Platform game text: '' image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_robix_ss.jpg - title: VEGA X4 subtitle: Shoot'em up text: '' image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_vega-x4_ss.jpg - title: VIRUS subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_virus_ss.jpg - title: AMIRAL CUP subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_amiral-cup_box.jpg - title: ANACONDA subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_anaconda_box.jpg - title: ATI 42 subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_ati42_box.jpg - title: GEOMEGA LE MONDE subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_geomega-lde-monde_box.jpg - title: NEURONE subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_neurone_box.jpg - title: ALGENUBI subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/exelvision_algenubi_box.jpg links: - title: Jacques Palpacuer interview url: http://www.portices.fr/formation/Res/Info/Dimet/Ordinateurs/Exelvision.html text: Jacques Palpacuer was the man behind Exelvision. - title: Soyouz Computer Museum url: http://membres.lycos.fr/soyouz/musee/ordis/exelvision/exelvision.htm text: Very interesting pictures (in french) - title: www.exelvision.fr url: http://www.exelvision.fr text: Awesome website dedicated to Exelvision. All you needed to know is here (french) comments: - author: Hot Trout date: Tuesday 28th September 2010 text: These roms are available at www.theoldcomputer.com/roms - author: Chuso (Spain) date: Thursday 18th March 2004 text: I'm looking for Exelvision's software related: - /museum/exelvision-exl-100 oc_id: 521 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230208074653/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=521 date: '2023-02-08' --- In 1986, as the micro-computer market was getting ill, some french manufacturers thought that Telematic was the solution. Oric with the [Telestrat](/museum/oric-telestrat/), Thomson with the [TO-9+](/museum/thomson-to-9-plus/) and Exelvision with the Exeltel proposed computers with built-in modems and teletext features. The Exeltel was surely the most innovative of these three systems. It's a "super Minitel" wich can also be used as an answering machine, or can be your children teacher by downloading educative software through a dedicated network.