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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
MBC ALCYANE A6E	Computers	Professional Computer	France	1983	Intel 8085	name image company company_name specs forum_thread oc_id source ALCYANE A6E /media/museum/photos/mbc_alcyane_a6e_1.jpg /companies/mbc MBC label value NAME ALCYANE A6E label value MANUFACTURER MBC label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN France label value YEAR 1983 label value END OF PRODUCTION Unknown label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Unknown label value KEYBOARD Full stroke keyboard with numeric keypad label value CPU Intel 8085 label value SPEED 5 mHz label value CO-PROCESSOR Unknown label value RAM 128 KB label value ROM 4 KB label value TEXT MODES 80 x 24 / 128 x 24 label value GRAPHIC MODES 256 x 256 label value COLORS monochrome label value SOUND Unknown label value SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown label value I/O PORTS 10 expension slots label value BUILT IN MEDIA 2 x 5.25'' disk-drives label value OS Alcybase, French OS and language, optional CP/M label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit label value PRICE 5350 at the end of production 75 59 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230603204927/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=59 2023-06-03

The Alcyane had a very powerful basic for files managing called Alcybase. It could use a specific version of APL. It was possible to network 2 to 4 computers together.

The manufacturer was MATRA DATASYSTEM (until 1986) These computers where mainly sold with 10 MB removable 12" hard disks from CII Honneywell Bull.
A multi-user system was also released, called A10.

Jean Pierre Bouhot was one of the founders of MBC. The C letter came from COTTIN who went into partnership with Bouhot.
Initial planned company name was MBI, anagram of IBM with the slogan "L'informatique à l'envers" (computing backwards).
Bouhot also created the French magazine "L'informatique professionnelle" which is still alive and is now property of Gartner Group through his 1997 aquisition of "Bouhot & Le Gendre" consulting French Cie.

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