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MICRONIQUE Victor / Hector 2HR / 2HR +	Computers	Home Computer	France	1983	Zilog Z80 A	name image logo company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos adverts hardware screenshots emulators links related oc_id source Victor / Hector 2HR / 2HR + /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_2hr_1.jpg /media/museum/logos/micronique_victor2hr_logo.gif /companies/micronique MICRONIQUE label value NAME Victor / Hector 2HR / 2HR + label value MANUFACTURER Micronique label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN France label value YEAR 1983 label value END OF PRODUCTION 1986 ? label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE 2HR : None, Basic available on tape\ 2HR+ : Basic Level III integrated in ROM label value KEYBOARD Mechanical keyboard, 53 keys\ QWERTY then AZERTY (fall 1983) label value CPU Zilog Z80 A label value SPEED 5 Mhz label value RAM 48 KB, 20 KB left for the user when Basic III loaded label value ROM 4 KB label value TEXT MODES 40 x 22 label value GRAPHIC MODES 112 x 78 with 8 colors\ 243 x 231 with 4 colors label value COLORS 16 (8 colors, 2 brightness) label value SOUND 1 voice, 4 octaves label value SIZE / WEIGHT 47 x 27 x 10 cm label value I/O PORTS 2 joystick sockets\ Video output (Scart, Secam)\ Centronics, Rom pack, Disc-drive on the same port label value BUILT IN MEDIA Tape recorder (1500 baud transfer rate) label value PRICE 2HR :876 (France, october 83)\ 2HR :669 (France, january 84)\ 2HR+ : 716 (France, november 84) photos adverts hardware software emulators links 164 title subtitle text image VICTOR 2HR 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. /media/museum/photos/micronique_victor_2hr_4.jpg title subtitle text image HECTOR 2HR Well, now it's the name that changes ! Victor becomes Hector... /media/museum/photos/micronique_hector_2hr_1.jpg title subtitle text image HECTOR 2HR+ 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... /media/museum/photos/micronique_hector_2hr_plus_4.jpg title subtitle text image HECTOR 2HR+ Around 1985, the Hector 2HR+ was produced with a kind of metal colored case, something like "bronze-grey-purple". /media/museum/photos/micronique_hector_2hr_plus_2.jpg title subtitle text image FRENCH ADVERT. /media/museum/pubs/micronique_pub_peche.jpg 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/micronique_controller_1.jpg title subtitle text image MISC. HARDWARE Joysticks, printer cable, B&W and color modulator, Basic ROM add-on for the 2HR... /media/museum/hardware/micronique_accessoires_1.jpg title subtitle text image SOME DOCUMENTATION /media/museum/hardware/micronique_docs.jpg title subtitle text image DISC 2 Double disk drive 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. /media/museum/hardware/micronique_disc2_1.jpg title subtitle text image DISC2 Another picture 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. /media/museum/hardware/micronique_disc2_2.jpg title subtitle text image DISC2 First model Here the "DISC2" logo differs from the later versions. /media/museum/hardware/micronique_disc2_3.jpg title subtitle text image DISC2 PROTOTYPE Michel Henric Coll, the man behind the Hectors, presents the Disc2 prototype in 1983. /media/museum/hardware/micronique_disc2_proto.gif title subtitle text image BUDGET makes use of the High Resolution /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_budget.gif title subtitle text image F1 makes use of the High Resolution A classic auto race game /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_f1.gif title subtitle text image PIEGE makes use of the High Resolution /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_piege.gif title subtitle text image TAXIS makes use of the High Resolution /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_taxis.gif title subtitle text image LE DRAGON DU DONJON makes use of the High Resolution Maybe the most beautiful game for the 2HR... /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_dragon_du_donjon.gif title subtitle text image DEMO HR makes use of the High Resolution This looks like a demonstration of the High Resolution. It must have been on the Demo tape... /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_hr.gif title subtitle text image POKER makes use of the High Resolution /media/museum/software/micronique_ss_poker.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-lambda 152 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230608215256/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=152 2023-06-08

The 2HR (HR for High Resolution) is the successor of the Victor / Hector 16k models, 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.