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Oric STRATOS / IQ 164	Computers	Home Computer	United Kingdom	1984	6502 A	name company company_name specs tabs photos comments oc_id source STRATOS / IQ 164 /companies/oric Oric label value NAME STRATOS / IQ 164 label value MANUFACTURER Oric label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN United Kingdom label value YEAR Never released - conceived in 1984 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Oric Super Extended Basic label value KEYBOARD QWERTY, mechanical, same as Atmos & Telestrat\ ESC, DEL, CTRL, 2 SHIFT, FUNCT, RETURN, arrows label value CPU 6502 A label value SPEED 1 mHz label value RAM 64 kb, 37486 bytes free label value ROM 48 kb, up to 112 kb with 2 rom-packs label value TEXT MODES 40 x 28 (80 x 26 planned) label value GRAPHIC MODES 240 x 200, 8 colors\ High Resolution with 16 colors planned label value COLORS 8 (16 planned) label value SOUND General Instruments AY-3-8912\ 3 voices, 8 octaves label value SIZE / WEIGHT 34,8 x 26 x 7,1 cm label value I/O PORTS 2 cartridge slots\ 2 joystick sockets\ RF Video output\ Shugart disk-drive port\ RS232c connector\ Parallel / Centronics port\ Expansion port\ Modem DIN plug\ Tape-Recorder DIN plug label value OS RANDOS v1.0 label value PRICE 457 in 85 (never released/sold) photos title subtitle text image PETER WATERWORTH Peter Waterworth (Research & Development Manager) presents the Stratos in December 84. null title subtitle text image PARIS - FEBRUARY 85 The Stratos presented at Micro-Expo, Paris - February 85 - The keyboard is the same as the one of the Atmos null title subtitle text image SIDE VIEW The Stratos - March 85 -\ This model was given to Eureka when they bought back Oric The rom-packs slots area is inclined (like The Telestrat), which is different from the prototypes seen before (?). On the picture you can see one of the two joystick ports and the reset button. null title subtitle text image STRATOS REAR 2 The Rear of the Stratos owned by Eureka in March 85 From left to right: RS232 | Modem | power-in | Disk interface | Expansion port | Centronics | RF video output | RVB output | Tape-recorder null title subtitle text image PRESENTATIONS... Presentation of the Stratos - December 84 - at the Oric Research Center, Cambridge Technopark, UK From left to right:\ Andy Brown (Software Manager)\ Peter Waterforth (Research & Development Manager)\ Dave Hitchcox (Custom Chip Manager) null title subtitle text image A WORKING STRATOS ? The Stratos in action - March 85 -\ This model was given to Eureka when they bought back Oric Here's what is written on the screen: RANDOS V1.0\ ORIC Super Extended Basic V2.0 (?)\ For help type\ !HELP (return)\ For a demonstration type\ !DEMO (return)\ Ready null title subtitle text image STRATOS REAR 1 The rear of the Stratos presented at "Micro-Expo" in February 85 From left to right:\ RS232 | Modem | power-in | Disk interface | Centronics? | UHF | RVB output | Tape-recorder null title subtitle text image TELESTRAT REAR The Rear of the Telestrat in 1986 From left to right: Phone | RS232 | Minitel | power-in | Disk interface | Expansion port | Centronics | Midi | RVB output | Tape-recorder null author date text David Davies (Wales, United Kingdom) Saturday 7th January 2012 According to issue 10 of Big K magazine (January 1985), it was announced that the Stratos would not come with a built-in BASIC - like the Telestrat that was based on it. So maybe this needs correcting in the information. 226 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230606190153/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=226 2023-06-06

The Oric Stratos was planned to replace the Oric Atmos. It was quite close to the Atmos but had some clever enhancements like a built-in floppy disk controller.

This computer was never marketed but when Euréka purchased Oric, the Stratos project inspired a lot the Telestrat computer.