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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.
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