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SMH - ALCATEL ALPHA Plus	Computers	Professional Computer	France	1982	name image company company_name specs tabs photos adverts comments oc_id source ALPHA Plus /media/museum/photos/alcatel_alphaplus_system_s1.jpg /companies/smh-alcatel SMH - ALCATEL label value NAME ALPHA Plus label value MANUFACTURER SMH - ALCATEL label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN France label value YEAR not later than 1982 label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard, 15 function keys, 80 keys label value CPU Unknown label value RAM 64k label value ROM Unknown label value TEXT MODES 80 chars x 16 lines label value GRAPHIC MODES No graphics label value COLORS Monochrome built-in display, green phosphore label value SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown label value I/O PORTS Unknown label value BUILT IN MEDIA 2 x 5''1/4 disk-drives (70 KB each) label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU label value PRICE 10050 (France, december 1982) photos adverts title subtitle text image ALPHA PLUS /media/museum/photos/alcatel_alphaplus_system_s2.jpg title subtitle text image STUPID PICTURE An 80's beautiful (!) woman tries to convince us that it's very exciting to work with an Alpha Plus... /media/museum/pubs/alcatel_alphaplus_2.jpg title subtitle text image STUPID PICTURE #2 The same women has changed its shirt... But hey, what's the message behind this pictures ? Would it be that it's sexy to work on an Alpha Plus, or that women prefer men owning an Alpha Plus ?! /media/museum/pubs/alcatel_alphaplus_3.jpg author date text Chris (Germany) Thursday 15th July 2021 This computer may have been marketed by Alcatel, but the manufacturer is AES Data Ltd. Montreal/Quebec 514 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230417033458/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=514 2023-04-17

This big computer was a wordprocessor system and had everything built-in: monitor, disk-drives and printer.

The printer, mounted on top of the case, could print 30 characters per second.

The wordprocessor software enabled to define tabulations, paragraphs and left/right margins. All kind of editing functions were available : delete, insert and replace characters, words, lines or paragraphs. Underlining, automatic central adjustment, tables with horizontal and vertical lines were also possible...

Several texts could be easily merged into one file. The system automatically indexed the files in alphabetical order (wow!).

Another feature of the Alpha Plus was its ability to be connected to a database system.

Thanks to Michel Fidder for the pictures.

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.