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MICRONIQUE Victor Lambda	Computers	Home Computer	France	1980	Intel 8080 A	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos adverts hardware screenshots emulators links related oc_id source Victor Lambda /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_lambda_noir.jpg /companies/micronique MICRONIQUE label value NAME Victor Lambda label value MANUFACTURER Micronique label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN France label value YEAR 1980 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE None\ Basic Level II (Microsoft Basic v4.7) and EDU-Basic (french Basic) available on tape label value KEYBOARD QWERTY, chicklet keyboard\ 53 keys label value CPU Intel 8080 A label value SPEED 2 MHz label value RAM 16 KB (4698 bytes free when Basic Level II loaded) label value ROM 2 KB label value TEXT MODES 12 x 17 label value GRAPHIC MODES 112 x 78 in 4 colors label value COLORS 8 label value SOUND 1 voice, 4 octaves label value I/O PORTS 2 joystick sockets, RGB video output, RS232 in option label value BUILT IN MEDIA Tape recorder (1500 bauds) label value POWER SUPPLY Integrated power supply label value PRICE 449 (France, december 82) photos adverts hardware software emulators links 163 title subtitle text image THE BLACK VICTOR LAMBDA This is the first "french model". It's just an Interact computer with a scart video connector and a built-in PSU. /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_lambda_noir.jpg title subtitle text image LES ENVAHISSEURS ! This is the Victor Lambda playing a space-invaders clone : "Les Envahisseurs"... /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_lambda_noir_space_invaders.jpg title subtitle text image THE WHITE MODEL 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. /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_lambda_blanc.jpg title subtitle text image MECHANICAL KEYBOARD 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. /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_lambda_meca.jpg title subtitle text image FRENCH ADVERT (1980) 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 ! /media/museum/pubs/lambda-systemes_victorlambda_pub_svm752.jpg title subtitle text image FRENCH ADVERT (OCT. 1980) null title subtitle text image FRENCH ADVERT (1982) /media/museum/pubs/micronique_victor-lambda_pub_qui-dit-mieux_1.png title subtitle text image THE CONTROLLERS 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. /media/museum/hardware/joystick.jpg title subtitle text image ASTEROIDES Surely an asteroid clone /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_asteroides.gif title subtitle text image BASE SPATIALE A space game /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_base_spatiale.gif title subtitle text image CHESS /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_chess.gif title subtitle text image CONCENTRATION A classic memory game /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_concentration.gif title subtitle text image LE DONJON HANTÉ An adventure game /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_donjon_hante.gif title subtitle text image GLOUTON A pac-man clone /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_glouton.gif title subtitle text image HIBOU TAQUIN A memory game /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_hibou_taquin.gif title subtitle text image SOUS-MARINS A classic submarine game /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_sousmarins.gif title subtitle text image LE BAROUDEUR Sounds like a Dungeon & Dragon type game /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_baroudeur.gif title subtitle text image BOMBARDEMENT Apparently you must destroy buildings /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_bombardement.gif title subtitle text image COMBAT Classic game... /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_combat.gif title subtitle text image CRAZY 8 A card game ? /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_crazy8.gif title subtitle text image LES ENVAHISSEURS A very playable space-invaders clone /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_envahisseurs.gif title subtitle text image GRENOUILLE A Frogger clone /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_grenouille_2.gif title subtitle text image LE PENDU A hangman game /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_pendu.gif title url platform text DCHector http://dchector.free.fr/ Windows Excellent Interact/Hector emulator ! title url platform text MESS - Interact, Hector1, Victor, 2HR, 2HR+, HRX, MX40, MX80 HTTP://WWW.MESS.ORG/ Multiplatform All machines are emulated since 0.136 and Disc2 until 0.141 by Yo_Fr title url text Hector - l'ordinateur français! http://hectorvictor.free.fr/ French website dedicated to Hector / Victor Lambda computers /museum/micronique-hector-hrx /museum/micronique-hector-mx /museum/micronique-victor-hector-1 /museum/micronique-victor-hector-2hr-2hr 151 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230609144115/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=151 2023-06-09

The Victor Lambda is in fact an american computer : the Interact.

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.