--- title: MICRONIQUE Victor Lambda categories: - Computers types: - Home Computer origins: - France years: - '1980' cpus: - Intel 8080 A params: name: Victor Lambda image: /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_lambda_noir.jpg company: /companies/micronique company_name: MICRONIQUE specs: - label: NAME value: Victor Lambda - label: MANUFACTURER value: Micronique - label: TYPE value: Home Computer - label: ORIGIN value: France - label: YEAR value: '1980' - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE value: |- None\ Basic Level II (Microsoft Basic v4.7) and EDU-Basic (french Basic) available on tape - label: KEYBOARD value: |- QWERTY, chicklet keyboard\ 53 keys - label: CPU value: Intel 8080 A - label: SPEED value: 2 MHz - label: RAM value: 16 KB (4698 bytes free when Basic Level II loaded) - label: ROM value: 2 KB - label: TEXT MODES value: 12 x 17 - label: GRAPHIC MODES value: 112 x 78 in 4 colors - label: COLORS value: '8' - label: SOUND value: 1 voice, 4 octaves - label: I/O PORTS value: 2 joystick sockets, RGB video output, RS232 in option - label: BUILT IN MEDIA value: Tape recorder (1500 bauds) - label: POWER SUPPLY value: Integrated power supply - label: PRICE value: 449 (France, december 82) tabs: - photos - adverts - hardware - software - emulators - links photos: - title: THE BLACK VICTOR LAMBDA subtitle: '' text: This is the first "french model". It's just an Interact computer with a scart video connector and a built-in PSU. image: /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_lambda_noir.jpg - title: LES ENVAHISSEURS ! subtitle: '' text: 'This is the Victor Lambda playing a space-invaders clone : "Les Envahisseurs"...' image: /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_lambda_noir_space_invaders.jpg - title: THE WHITE MODEL subtitle: '' text: 'This model represents a new step in the Victor / Hector family : the new case is white and all the following Micronique models will be white two. This will also be the last model to have this awful keyboard.' image: /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_lambda_blanc.jpg - title: MECHANICAL KEYBOARD subtitle: '' text: This model has a mechanical keyboard. This is the first amelioration made by Micronique from the first Interact Computer. Of course, there is still the integrated tape-recorder. image: /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_lambda_meca.jpg adverts: - title: FRENCH ADVERT (1980) subtitle: '' text: This french advert dated may 1980, shows the first model sold in France. It was called Victor Lambda and the company name was Lambda Systemes. This model was nothing more than an Interact computer, sold with an english documentation and a NTSC television ! image: /media/museum/pubs/lambda-systemes_victorlambda_pub_svm752.jpg - title: FRENCH ADVERT (OCT. 1980) subtitle: '' text: '' image: null - title: FRENCH ADVERT (1982) subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/pubs/micronique_victor-lambda_pub_qui-dit-mieux_1.png 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/joystick.jpg screenshots: - title: ASTEROIDES subtitle: Surely an asteroid clone text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_asteroides.gif - title: BASE SPATIALE subtitle: A space game text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_base_spatiale.gif - title: CHESS subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_chess.gif - title: CONCENTRATION subtitle: A classic memory game text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_concentration.gif - title: LE DONJON HANTÉ subtitle: An adventure game text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_donjon_hante.gif - title: GLOUTON subtitle: A pac-man clone text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_glouton.gif - title: HIBOU TAQUIN subtitle: A memory game text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_hibou_taquin.gif - title: SOUS-MARINS subtitle: A classic submarine game text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_sousmarins.gif - title: LE BAROUDEUR subtitle: Sounds like a Dungeon & Dragon type game text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_baroudeur.gif - title: BOMBARDEMENT subtitle: Apparently you must destroy buildings text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_bombardement.gif - title: COMBAT subtitle: Classic game... text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_combat.gif - title: CRAZY 8 subtitle: A card game ? text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_crazy8.gif - title: LES ENVAHISSEURS subtitle: A very playable space-invaders clone text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_envahisseurs.gif - title: GRENOUILLE subtitle: A Frogger clone text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_grenouille_2.gif - title: LE PENDU subtitle: A hangman game text: '' image: /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_pendu.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 comments: - author: Michael Marcotte (USA) date: Monday 15th March 2021 text: I got one when they first came out in the 80''s. Did BASIC programs. Played games. Made upgrade to 64K and RS 232 interface. May still have it. My brother is looking for it. related: - /museum/micronique-hector-hrx - /museum/micronique-hector-mx - /museum/micronique-victor-hector-1 - /museum/micronique-victor-hector-2hr-2hr oc_id: 151 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230609144115/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=151 date: '2023-06-09' --- The Victor Lambda is in fact an american computer : the [Interact](/museum/interact-home-computer-system/). A french company (based in Toulouse), Lambda Systemes, bought the rights to sell the system in France under its own name in 1980. The Victor Lambda was born... If you got tapes for the Interact or Victor Lambda (or Hector/Victor), please contact us. We are trying to save all programs released for this computer before there are lost forever.
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.