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title: Bull L'attaché
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Portable
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origins:
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- France
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cpus:
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- Intel 8086
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params:
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name: L'attaché
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company: /companies/bull
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company_name: Bull
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: L'attaché
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Bull
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- label: TYPE
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value: Portable
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: France
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: None
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Full-stroke 84 keys with function keys and numeric keypad
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- label: CPU
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value: Intel 8086
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- label: SPEED
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value: 4.77 and 9.54 Mhz
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: Optional 8087
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- label: RAM
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value: 640 KB
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- label: ROM
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value: BIOS ROM
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: LCD display. 40/80 characters x 25 lines
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: 320/640 x 200 pixels
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- label: COLORS
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value: 16 grey levels
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- label: SOUND
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value: Built-in beeper
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: 33(W) x 33(D) x 8.5(H) cm.
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: Serial port, Telephone and modem lines, Ext. FDD unit, 1 expansion card slot, Parallel, RGB and Composite video
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: 1 x 3.5'' FDD. Optional 20 MB hard disk and second FDD
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- label: OS
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value: MS-DOS 3.1 (Bull version)
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: External power supply unit
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: External floppy drive unit
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- label: PRICE
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value: Unknown
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tabs:
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- photos
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photos:
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- title: LEFT SIDE
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: CLOSED
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subtitle: ''
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text: With the external power supply unit
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image: null
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- title: SYSTEM MODULES
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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On left, the main motherboard/display module\
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On right, the backup module is fastened to the main module with four unsightly screws.
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image: null
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- title: KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: BACK CONNECTORS
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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**(1)** Trap door for Parallel, RGB and composite video connectors\
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**(2)** External power supply unit DIN plug\
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**(3)** External 5.25" floppy disc unit connector\
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**(4)** Trap door of the optional expansion board housing
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image: null
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- title: LEFT CONNECTORS
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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**(1)** 3.5" 720 KB floppy disc drive\
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**(2)** Expansion board housing\
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**(3)** RJ-45 connectors for telephone and modem lines. An optional modem card could be inserted into the main module\
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**(4)** Serial connector\
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**(5)** Contrast adjustment
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image: null
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- title: THE BAG
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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A nice and high quality bag.
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**(1)** When we found it, this bag kept a trace of the last time of its active life: an air trip from Marseille to Paris!
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image: null
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oc_id: 751
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230530073051/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=751
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date: '2023-05-30'
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"L'attaché" was the first Bull attempt to produce a portable PC-compatible computer. It was not made in France by Bull, but in Japan.
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This computer was mainly sold to french public services, as they were obliged at the time to buy french-made computers. But "L'attaché" was not very successful in the private sector when it was launched, because there were many competing that were technically more advanced and cheaper.
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The system hardware was made of two separate modules. A motherboard/display module, and a backup module that could be fitted with one or two 3.5" 720 KB floppy disc drives or a 20 MB hard disk.
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