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Leanord SIL'Z Model 5 / 6	Computers	Professional Computer	France	1983	Zilog Z80 A	name company company_name specs tabs adverts comments oc_id source SIL'Z Model 5 / 6 /companies/leanord Leanord label value NAME SIL'Z Model 5 / 6 label value MANUFACTURER Leanord label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN France label value YEAR 1983 label value KEYBOARD AZERTY full-stroke keyboard, separated numeric keypad label value CPU Zilog Z80 A label value SPEED Unknown label value RAM 80 KB label value ROM Unknown label value TEXT MODES 80 x 24 label value GRAPHIC MODES Unknown label value COLORS monochrome label value SOUND Unknown label value SIZE / WEIGHT Bulky label value I/O PORTS Centronics, RS232 label value BUILT IN MEDIA One 5.25'' disk-drive label value OS CP/M label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU label value PRICE Unknown adverts title subtitle text image SIL'Z III Nice fish-eye picture of a Sil'z III illustrating a 1982 article about Technologic Revolution in the french mag TeleSoft. null author date text Dan (France) Saturday 9th April 2011 Hi,\ I ''ve worked in the plant (town :Haubourdin), and the Sil''z was an Apple 2 machine with some enhancements (graphics) in a hard case (aluminium), and with a better power supply, built in video CRT and strong keyboard\ It was possible to connect 8" drives (I''ve writted routines for that, in 6502 assembly and Pascal UCSD\ On the picture, on the right,it''s a 5.25" disk-drive 209 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230608092150/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=209 2023-06-08

SIL'Z systems from the same company seem to be an evolution of the Silex. SIL'Z systems had some success, particularly in french administrations and schools.

According to somone who worked at the plant (Haubourdin city in France) the Sil''z was an Apple 2 machine with some enhancements (graphics) in a hard case (aluminium), and with a better power supply, built in video CRT and strong keyboard. It was possible to connect 8" and 5.25" drives.

The floppy disk unit can store 320 KB for the model 5 and 640 KB for the model 6.

Several devices were developped for this computer : video card (512 x 256), secondary RS232, IEEE488 or battery.

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.