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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
Exelvision Exeltel	Computers	Home Computer	France	1986	TMS 7040	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos hardware screenshots links related oc_id source Exeltel /media/museum/photos/exelvision_exeltel_2.jpg /companies/exelvision Exelvision label value NAME Exeltel label value MANUFACTURER Exelvision label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN France label value YEAR 1986 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Exelcom, Exelquad, Exelspeech.\ Exelbasic+ delivered on cartridge label value KEYBOARD detachable full-stroke keyboard, numeric keypad, 79 keys label value CPU TMS 7040 (Texas-Instrument) label value SPEED 4,9 Mhz label value CO-PROCESSOR TMS 7042 (I/O) label value RAM 82 kb label value ROM 96 kb label value TEXT MODES 24 x 40 label value GRAPHIC MODES 320 x 200 label value COLORS 8 colors label value SOUND TMS-5220, built-in speech synthesizer label value SIZE / WEIGHT 40 x 30 x 6,5 cm (main unit) label value I/O PORTS Cartridge slot, exelmémoire slot, expansion slot, tape-recorder, keyboard label value BUILT IN MEDIA Exelmémoire CMOS memory carts label value OS Exeldos label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU label value PERIPHERALS Exelwriter printer, RS232/Centronics/mouse/superimposing addon, Exelmouse mouse, Exeldrum, Exeldisk, Exelrecorder (tape-recorder), Exelmémoire memory carts label value PRICE Monochrom model : 547 (France, january 1987)\ Color model : 700 (France, january 1987) photos hardware software links 515 title subtitle text image EXELTEL /media/museum/photos/exelvision_exeltel_3.jpg title subtitle text image MAIN BOX On the right side : on/off switch and reset button. Next to them, a cartrige slot. /media/museum/photos/exelvision_exeltel_box_3.jpg title subtitle text image REAR On the right side you can guess the keyboard connector. Then at the back : the power socket, the expansion ports and the video cable... /media/museum/photos/exelvision_exeltel_box_back_2.jpg title subtitle text image KEYBOARD /media/museum/photos/exelvision_exeltel_keyboard_2.jpg title subtitle text image KEYBOARD AND LOGO /media/museum/photos/exelvision_exeltel_logo_1.jpg title subtitle text image COMPLETE SETUP 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. /media/museum/photos/exelvision_exeltel_complete_1.jpg title subtitle text image AMPER EXELTEL This model was marketed by Amper in spain. Notice "ñ" key on the keyboard. Thanks to homecomputer-80 (Ebay seller) for this picture /media/museum/photos/amper_exeltel_1.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE These tiny cartridges are inserted into the front slot of the computer. A majority of games and software were sold on these cartriges. /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_cartridge_1.jpg title subtitle text image CONTROLLERS These joysticks use infra-red signals to communicate with the unit. /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exl100_manettes.jpg title subtitle text image CONTROLLERS Infra-red transmitter /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_joystick-ir-sender_1.jpg title subtitle text image CONTROLLERS Inside Notice the battery cell used to send infra-red signals to the main unit ! /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_joystick-opened.jpg title subtitle text image EXL-188 Exeldisk prototype ? 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 ? /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exl188_1.jpg title subtitle text image CONNECTION This shows an exledisk connected to an Exeltel through an Exelmémoire cartridge... There is also an expansion cartridge inserted (for RS232, Serial, etc...). /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exeldisk_back_1.jpg title subtitle text image OVERVIEW 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. /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exeldrums_1.jpg title subtitle text image MODEM FOR THE EXELVISION COMPUTERS Thanks to laretrotienda (Ebay seller) for this picture /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exelmodem_1.jpg title subtitle text image EXELMOUSE 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 /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exelmouse_1.jpg title subtitle text image CONNECTORS 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 /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_expansion_1.jpg title subtitle text image EXELMÉMOIRE 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. /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exelmemoire_1.jpg title subtitle text image 64K EXELMÉMOIRE 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 /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exelmemoire-64k_1.jpg title subtitle text image EXL-80 Printer This was the official Exlevision printer, built by the CGCT. /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exl80_1.jpg title subtitle text image EXL-80 PROTOTYPE 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) /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exl80-prototype.jpg title subtitle text image EXELWRITER Thanks to [Xavier Bonnefoy](http://members.nbci.com/soyouzfr/musee.htm) for this picture /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_exelwriter_1.jpg title subtitle text image TAPE-RECORDER This classic rebadged tape-recorder was also used by other computers, such as the Philips VG-5000... /media/museum/hardware/exelvision_tape_1.jpg title subtitle text image CAPITAIN MENKAR /media/museum/software/exelvision_cpt-menkar_ss.jpg title subtitle text image BOOT SCREEN Windowed menus /media/museum/software/exelvision_boot1_ss.jpg title subtitle text image NETWORK SERVICE This screen shows the teletext service in action ! This is when you want to download a game. /media/museum/software/exelvision_serveur_1_ss.jpg title subtitle text image WIZORD Title screen This game talks ! Excellent. /media/museum/software/exelvision_wizord_ss_2.jpg title subtitle text image WIZORD A classic... /media/museum/software/exelvision_wizord_ss.gif title subtitle text image TENNIS Title screen /media/museum/software/exelvision_tennis_1_ss.jpg title subtitle text image TENNIS 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. /media/museum/software/exelvision_tennis_2_ss.jpg title subtitle text image L'ANNEAU DE L'UNION Adventure game inspired by "The Lord of The Ring". /media/museum/software/exelvision_anneau_ss.jpg title subtitle text image GOLFABET Educative game to learn the alphabet while playing golf ! /media/museum/software/exelvision_golfabet_ss.jpg title subtitle text image GUPPY Pac-Man clone /media/museum/software/exelvision_guppy_ss.jpg title subtitle text image OTHO Othello game /media/museum/software/exelvision_otho_ss.jpg title subtitle text image ROBIX Platform game /media/museum/software/exelvision_robix_ss.jpg title subtitle text image VEGA X4 Shoot'em up /media/museum/software/exelvision_vega-x4_ss.jpg title subtitle text image VIRUS /media/museum/software/exelvision_virus_ss.jpg title subtitle text image AMIRAL CUP /media/museum/software/exelvision_amiral-cup_box.jpg title subtitle text image ANACONDA /media/museum/software/exelvision_anaconda_box.jpg title subtitle text image ATI 42 /media/museum/software/exelvision_ati42_box.jpg title subtitle text image GEOMEGA LE MONDE /media/museum/software/exelvision_geomega-lde-monde_box.jpg title subtitle text image NEURONE /media/museum/software/exelvision_neurone_box.jpg title subtitle text image ALGENUBI /media/museum/software/exelvision_algenubi_box.jpg title url text Jacques Palpacuer interview http://www.portices.fr/formation/Res/Info/Dimet/Ordinateurs/Exelvision.html Jacques Palpacuer was the man behind Exelvision. title url text Soyouz Computer Museum http://membres.lycos.fr/soyouz/musee/ordis/exelvision/exelvision.htm Very interesting pictures (in french) title url text www.exelvision.fr http://www.exelvision.fr Awesome website dedicated to Exelvision. All you needed to know is here (french) /museum/exelvision-exl-100 521 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230208074653/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=521 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, Thomson with the TO-9+ 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.