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I.S.T.C. (Informatic Systèmes Télécom) 5000	Computers	Professional Computer	France	1978	Z80	name image company company_name specs tabs photos adverts comments oc_id source 5000 /media/museum/photos/istc_5000_1s.jpg /companies/i-s-t-c-informatic-systemes-telecom I.S.T.C. (Informatic Systèmes Télécom) label value NAME 5000 label value MANUFACTURER I.S.T.C. (Informatic Systèmes Télécom) label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN France label value YEAR 1978 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Basic (on disk) label value KEYBOARD Full stroke keyboard with function keys and numeric keypad. label value CPU Z80 label value RAM from 24 KB to 64 KB label value ROM 64 KB label value TEXT MODES 80 x 24 label value GRAPHIC MODES Unknown label value COLORS Unknown, but built-in display is amber only. label value SOUND Unknown label value SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown (heavy !) label value I/O PORTS from 2 to 5 x S100 compatible expansion buses, RS232 connector label value BUILT IN MEDIA Model 5000: 1 or 2 x 5.25'' disk-drives (300 KB each)\ Model 5500: 1 or 2 x 5.25'' disk-drives (1 MB each) label value OS CP/M ? label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply label value PERIPHERALS Communication card, parallel printer, 20 MB hard-disk label value PRICE 28700 FF HT (France, october 1979) photos adverts title subtitle text image ISTC 5000 The picture was taken from an old magazine (sept. 1978) /media/museum/photos/istc_5000_1.jpg title subtitle text image NICE PICTURE Thanks to [www.silicium.org](http://www.silicium.org) for this picture /media/museum/photos/istc_5000_silicium.jpg title subtitle text image ISTC 5500 This is the ISTC 5500 released in 1981. It had slightly better features. Notice that on the picture it is in fact a 5000, and a 5 has been added later "by-hand" on the label... /media/museum/photos/istc_5500_3.jpg title subtitle text image FRENCH AD (JAN. 1980) /media/museum/pubs/istc_5000_pub_fr_1.jpg title subtitle text image 5500 ADVERT (JAN. 1981) This is a french advert for the ISTC 5500 published in january 1981. Its is exactly the same advert used for the model 5000, apart some modification in the description (disk drive capacity). Even the picture is still the same, with a "5" added with a pen, by hand !!! /media/museum/pubs/istc_5500_pub_1.jpg author date text Thomas Chambless (Earth) Friday 22nd June 2007 I used to have one of these, it was a horrible computer because of the weight. author date text Carsten Busse (Germany) Saturday 12th May 2007 Just reading the Advertisements from this funny thing and comparing with your datasheets: In Octobre 1979 this machine did cost 28.700F, not the 36.000F you have in the Technical Information (The advertisement from Jan 1980 gives reference to the price from Octobre 1979) The Disk drives in the 5000 model are described as 300Kbyte disk drives, the one in the 5500 model as 2MBytes Disk drives, also containing a 20 Mbyte hdd so actually it had not only better disk drives, but also a harddisc Sadly there is no other information to gather from them, and i personally was 3 years old when they came out - so i cannot say much about them from my own experience, just translated the ads 1030 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230601214403/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1030 2023-06-01

Little is known about this system. Help welcomed !

I.S.T.C. (Informatic Systèmes TéléCom) was a french company which was selling imported computers from USA, like the Apple II or the Compucolor. So it wouldn't be surprising if the ISTC 5000 was also an imported system. But which one ? We have not found the answer yet...

It is a big system with a built-in 10'' amber display (80 x 25 characters) and one or two integrated 5.25'' disk-drives (143 KB or 403 KB formated).

Following software was available : Basic (delivered with the system), Macro Assembler, Extended Basic, Fortran IV ANSI, CP/M, Cobol, Pascal...

A 5500 model was also released a bit later (1980), with slightly better features (disk drives capacity : 1 MB each)...

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.