website/content/museum/radiola-vg-5000.md

title, categories, types, origins, years, cpus, params

title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
Radiola VG 5000	Computers	Home Computer	France	1984	Zilog Z80	name image logo company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos emulators links videos related oc_id source VG 5000 /media/museum/photos/radiola_vg5000_system_s1.jpg /media/museum/logos/radiola_vg5000_logo.gif /companies/radiola Radiola label value NAME VG 5000 label value MANUFACTURER Radiola label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN France label value YEAR late 1984 label value END OF PRODUCTION 1986 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Microsoft Basic label value KEYBOARD AZERTY, 63 keys (chicklet keyboard)\ 33 Basic statements\ 10 accentuated letters\ Editing keypad label value CPU Zilog Z80 label value SPEED 4 MHz label value RAM 24 kb (up to 56 kb) label value VRAM 8 kb label value ROM 18 kb label value TEXT MODES 40 columns x 25 lines (15 x 80 only in assembler) label value GRAPHIC MODES None (pseudo 320 x 250 resolution with semi-graphic symbols) label value COLORS 8 label value SOUND 1 voice, 4 octaves label value SIZE / WEIGHT 28 x 21 x 4,2 cm / 820g label value I/O PORTS Tape recorder DIN plug (1200 or 2400 bauds)\ Video output (DIN to SCART)\ Power DIN plug\ Extension port (2 x 25 pins) label value POWER SUPPLY External PSU (VU 0022) label value PERIPHERALS VG 5200 - Joystick interface\ VG 5216 - Expansion unit\ VU 0001 - Joytsick\ VU 0011 - SECAM Modulator\ VU 0031 - 16k RAM cartridge\ VW 0010 - 40 columns printer\ VW 0020 - 80 columns print label value PRICE 242 (December 84) photos emulators links videos 1046 title subtitle text image LARGE VIEW /media/museum/photos/radiola_vg5000_system_s2.jpg title subtitle text image TOP VIEW /media/museum/photos/radiola_vg5000_topview_s1.jpg title subtitle text image BOOT-UP SCREEN /media/museum/photos/radiola_vg5000_bootscreen_s1.jpg title subtitle text image OPENED For more information, see the "More pictures" section of the Philips VG-5000 entry. /media/museum/photos/radiola_vg5000_opened_s1.jpg title subtitle text image RADIOLA LABEL /media/museum/photos/radiola_vg5000_label_s1.jpg title subtitle text image THE BOX /media/museum/photos/radiola_vg5000_box_s1.jpg title subtitle text image LIKE NEW! /media/museum/photos/radiola_vg5000_inbox_s1.jpg title url platform text DCVG5K http://dcvg5k.free.fr/ Windows The only VG5000 emulator ! title url text La page des fans du VG-5000 http://vg5000.free.fr/ VG-5000 dedicated website. Enjoy as it is the only one! title url text french TV advert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIK8wQKKLQs Length: 31 s /museum/philips-vg-5000 1073 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20220928004406/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1073 2022-09-28

Radiola and Schneider became Philips subsidiaries in 1990 when Philips bought the French Schneider TV assembly plant located in Le Mans - the West of France - and then named Radiotechnique (RTC).

The Radiola, Schneider and Philips VG-5000 were exactly same machines, apart from the case colour. They were conceived and manufactured in the RTC Le Mans factory and only intended for the French market.

At the time, RTC also made the "Minitel", a phone video terminal almost each French family owned. To save costs, the VG-5000 keyboard was thus taken from the Minitel and slightly altered.

Several Philips computer were also sold under Radiola and Schneider names, among them, the VG-8000 and VG-8020

Although it was sold under three brand names, the VG-5000 didn't sell well, because of its limited capacities, rare and expensive peripherals, and lack of good software.